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ORDER 

Of  the  Secretary  of  the  House  of  Deputies. 

iSbction  I.  A  Secretary  shall  be  chosen  at  every  General  Council,  by 
ballot,  by  a  majority  of  voters,  aft«r  r/ra  voce  nominations.  If  but  ope 
person  is  nominated,  the  balloting  shall  be  dispensed  with.  The  Secretary 
shall  continue  in  office  until  the  meeting  of  the  next  General  Council,  and 
until  his  successor  is  chosen.  He  shall  attend  at  the  time  and  place 
appointed  for  the  meeting  of  the  General  Council ;  shall  receive  the  testi- 
monials of  those  who  shall  there  attend  as  members  of  the  House  of 
Deputies ;  shjill  record  the  names  of  those  who  present  testimonials ; 
and  when  such  list  is  made,  phall  take  the  votes  of  those  named  in  it  for 
a  President.  The  insertion,  by  the  Secretary,  in  the  list  so  made  by  him, 
of  the  narafr  of  any  person  who  has  presented  a  testimonial  of  his  appoint- 
ment as  a  Deputy,  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  right  of  such  per- 
son to  a  seat ;  but  as  ("oon  as  the  House  is  duly  organized,  a  Coirimittee 
on  Elections  shall  be  appointed,  to  whom  the  testimonials  of  all  those 
claiming  to  be  members  shall  be  referred. 

The  Secretary  shall  keep  full  minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  the  House; 
transcribe  them  with  all  Keports  into  a  book  provided  for  that  purpose ; 
preserve  the  Journal  and  Records  of  the  House ;  deliver  them  to  his 
successor,  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  directed  or  assigned 
to  him  by  the  House.  He  may,  with  the  approbation  of  the  House, 
appoint  an  Assistant  Secretary.  If,  during  the  recess  of  the  General 
Council,  a  vacancy  should  occur  in  the  office  of  Secretary,  the  duties 
thereof  shall  devolve  upon  the  Assistant  Secretary,  if  there  be  one;  if 
not,  or  if  the  Assistant  Secretary  shall  die  or  resign,  a  Secretary  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Diocese  in  which  the  next 
General  Council  is  to  meet.* 

Sbotion  2.  In  order  to  aid  the  Secretary  in  preparing  the  list  specified 
in  the  preceding  section,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  ojf  the 
Council  of  every  Diocese,  to  forward  to  him,  as  soon  as  may  be  practica- 
ble, a  copy  of  the  Journal  of  the  Diocesan  Council,  together  with  a  certi- 
fied copy  of  the  testimonials  of  members  aforesaid. 


JOURNAL 

O  F.    T  II  E    V  R  Q  C  E  E  D  I  N  G  S 


THE    GENERAL   COUNCIL 

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lU   THE 

CONFEDERATE  STATES     OF  AMERICA, 

HELD  IN  ST.  PAUL'S  CHURCH,  AUGUSTA,  GA. 
From  Nov.  12th  to  Nov.  22d,  inclusive, 

1?J  THE  TEAn  OF  OT^R  I.ORO, 

18  6  2, 

WITH    AN    APPENDIX, 


CONTAINIKG 


THE  CONSTITUTION,  A  DIGEST  OF  THE  CANONS,  A  I.IPT  OF 

THE  CLERGY,  AND  OF  THE  OFFICERS  OF 

THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL,  ETC. 


AUOn^TA,    GA.: 

STEAM  PRESS  OF  CHRONICLE  .V  SENTINEL, 
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.DECLARATION  AND  SUMMONS. 


To  THE  Bisiiors,  Clergy  and  Laity, 

Of  (he  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 

■   In  iM  Confederate  States  of 'America^— 

Greeting:  .     '        • 

Whereas,  at  an  adjourned  Convention  of  BishOps,  Cler- 
gymen and  Laymen"  of  the  Brotcstant  Episcopal  ('hnreli 
in  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  held  in  Christ  Clinrch, 
'Columbia,  in  the  State  of  South  Caix)lina,  in  October,  in 
the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  ami 
sixty-one,  a  Constituti-on  for  the  government  of  said  Church 
was  reported  by  a  Committee  appointed  at  a  previous  meet- 
ing, held  in  the  city  of  Montgomery,  and  State  of  Alabama, 
in  the  mouth  of  July,  in  the  same  year,  and  after  amend- 
ment was  adopted  and  ratified  in  the  words  following,  to- 
wit :  ' 

CONSTITUTION.' 

Articlk  I.' This  Clnircli,  retaining  the  name  "Protestant  Episcopal," 
shall  he  known  as  tho'"Pi;oTEsTAKT  Ei'iscorAL  CjIukii:  ix  xiii-:  Ccn.kko- 

Ki:,VTK  StATIW  of  AMliKU'A." 

AirncLK  II.  There  shall  he  in  this  Church  a  Cteuoral  Oour.c;ii  There 
niMV  he  also  Provincial  Cuuncil.'*  and  Diocesan  Councils. 

AuTU'i.K  III,  The  Giiiieral  Council  of  this  Cliurch  shall  meet  on  the 
socon^tl  'Wcilnesday  in  Xoveniher,  in  the  yeixr  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand 
elght'hundred  and  sixty-two,  at  Augusta,  Georgia,  and  on  the  same  day 
in  every  third  year  thereafter,  at  such  place  as  shall  ho  deteiiinned  hy 
the  Council.     •  "  "  .*  . 

In  ease  there  shall  he  an  epidemic  dileasc,  or  ^thor  good  cause  to  ren- 
der il  necessary  to  alter  the  place  .ippointed  for  such  lueetvng,  ■  the  Pre- 
siding P)ishup  may  designate  another  convenient  ])laee  for  the  holding  »>f 
such  Council,  and  special  meetings  may  ho  Called  i\t  other  tmies,  in  the 
manner  hereafter  to  he  deternnned.   .  .     .,  *        • 

The  General  Council  shall  consist  of  two  Houses — tlicllouse  of  BishVqis 
and  the  House  of  Deputies.    *    ,       ._  "  •         * 

The  IKiuse  of  ]>ishops  shall  he  coinpo.«<ed  of  all  the'  Hisho])s  of  this 
Churcli  having  jurisdiction  within  thcj.. Confederate  States, /)r  tlie  Territo- 
ries thereof.  ,  , 

l?a*ch  Di()ceS0' shall  ho  cnti"f^ecl  fo  an  equal  re]»rescntation,  clerical  and 
lay,  in  tluj  llousc  of  Deputies.     ^hc}\  rcj^re^entation  shall  consist  of  not 


6  DECLARATION  AND  SUMMONS.         ,  '  [1SG2. 

more  tlian  three  Clergymen,  and  three  Lnymen  coramunicants  in  this. 
Church,  resident  in  the  Diocese,  and  elected  by  the  Coiincil  thereof. 

JJeforo  they  shall  proceed  to  business,  amajority  of  the  Dioceses,  which 
shall  have  adopted' this  Constitution,  shall  be  represented  in  the  Council. 
The  Vepreseutation  from  two  Dioceses  shall  be  sufficient  to  adjourri. 

In  all  business  of  the  Council  freedom  of  debate  shall  bo  allowed.    ^ 

Each  House  shall  have  a  right  to  originate   acts;    and,   v.'hen  any  act 
shall  have  been  passed  in  either  House,  it  shall  be  transmitted,  to  the 
other  House  for  its  consideration.     No  act  shall  have  the  operation  of 
law,  unless  concurred  iu'and  authenticatec,!  by  both  Houses. 

When  any  proposed  xict-shali  haye 'passed  the  HouSp  of  Deputies,  and 
sliall  be  negatived  by  the  House  of  EFshops,  the  House  of  BishojJS  sliall, 
when  requested  by  the  House  of  Deputies,  signify  to  it  in  writing  the 
reasons  for  non-coilcurrcnce,  within  three  days  iU'tcV  such,  request  shall 
liave  been  made. ,  ■  . 

In  all  questions,  when  requh-ed  by  the  clerical  or  lay  rcpreseutatiou 
from  any  Diocese,  each  order  shall  have  one  vote,  and  the  majority  of 
sullVages  by  t)iocese3  shall  be  conclusive  in  eacli  order':  Provided,  snch 
majority  comprehend  a  majority  of  the  Dioceses  iwjpresented  in  that  order. 
Tli'e  concurrence  of  both  orders  Shall' be  necessary  in  such  case  td  consti- 
tute a  vote  of  tlic  House.  '•  '    ■      _ 

If, any  Diocese  aliould  oini4;  or' decline  to  elect  clericul  Deputies  to  tlie 
CkMeraf'Council,  or  Kho!|l(i  omit  Or  decline -to  elect  lay  De})Uties,  orij'any 
of  those  of  either  .or^ler  elected  should  fail-  to  attend,  suc]i  Diocese  sljalJ, 
noveiLbeles;-.,  be  considettiid  as  duly  represented  by  s\u;h  Deputy  or  D^pu- 
Li;.'s  ;i/may  att-pml,  Hvhcthc;- lay-  or  clerical.*  ^nd  if, -through  the  n^Tglect 
of  aiiv  D  (;cesc,  v,-!iic!i  shall  have  aViontcd  tins  .C')i='tituti(;n,,  i;o  Deputy 
tliereVroni,  eitlier  lay  or  clerical,  i>hanld  tittend  the  CoAficil,  the  Ohurch 
in  snc!i  l^iocesc  siiail,  ucvert:Ueks^,.lie  botuld  by  the  acts  of  such  Couiu*iI 
•  AnricL:-:  IV.  Whenevei:  aliy  one  of  the  Qontederatc  States  shall  nou- 
taiu  more  than  one  Diocese,  said  State  may,  with  thc^consent  of  all  the 
Diwoeses  in  said  State,  cOnstjUite  an  Ecclesiastical  Pro'vince,  in  \fhic]i  a 
Provincial  Council^nay  be  held  at  least  .once"  in  .every  three  years,  v/hich 
rrovincial  Council  slijtll  be  made  up  of  allthe  Bishops  having  jiirisdiction 
within. the  Pro.vincc,  and  of  such  representatives,  clerical  and  la}^  from 
t!;e  Dioceses  vrit!nn  J,.lie  Proviirt.<e,  as  may  be  determined  upon  by  the 
DiocasAU-Oouncils  thereof. -'If  there  be  more  than  one  Bi.^hop  within  the 
Pi^(yviuce,  the  senior  Bishop  by  conseGratioii  L-liall  preside  hi  the  Provin- 
cial Council,  a:urwheu  there  sliall  be  throe,  or  moro.thjtn'tiu'ee  Hislfeiis, 
!!ivy  slia-ll •form  a  :ieparate  House. i         ■.'•_'  '       ■,       _ 

.   Whenever  suehCouncil  shall  legislatd,"  its  acts  .shall  be  oi  force  ^villiiii  ' 
ill!  the  Dioceses  e!<abva.i'ed  within  the  Province. 

Amicx-K  V.  There  shall  be  held  •annually,  in,  each 'Diocese,  a  Dioces'an' 
Ciiuucil,  to"l)U  composed  ojf  the  Bishop  or  Bishcps  of  the  Diocese,  and  of 
a  lav  anfl.  cleriMnl  repvescntation  froni,eac^i  Parish  of  the  Diocese.  Tliis 
t'omicil  sliall  Io<«i.--!ate  for  only  Diucc.san  purposes. 

AuTioi/v:  Y'l.  The  J3ishop  or' Bishops  in  o^h  Dif)cesc  shall  bo  chosen  by 
the  ConWcil  of  that  Di(X'e?*e.' agrccjiUly  to  such  ruJes  as  it  may  itrescriije  ; 
mid  vVei'v  Bi.shop  x)"f  this  Chur-cli  shall  •coirl'in'e  the  'exercise  of  his  Epis- 
co\tii\  Onice  to  his  jiroper  DiocesC,  unless  re^iuested  to  perform  any  act  of 
liiat  (.>tViee  by  the  EcclesiastiicaP Authority  of  another  Diocese. 
■  Ain;oi,E  V'jl.  ^Vnew  Diocese,  formed  in  any  of  the  Confederate  Stales; 
.or  in  anv  -Territory  thereof,  not  nov.-  represented,  luay,  at  any  J'ime  her^' 
jitier,  lifc'adniittet!  to'union'witli,  and  rq)re^ent^ti6n  in,  theCienerjiJ  Couiici] 
tf  i'.ii-^  Church,  on  acceding  to-this  CgTistitution  :   I'rorided,   there   wei'o. 


1^2.] 


DKCLARATION  AND  SUMMONS. 


nt  tlio  time  of  organizing,  nnd  .are,  at  the  time  of  making  application  for 
admission,  at  least  six  otficiating  Presbyters  within  sncli  Diocese,  regularly 
scttlo.d  irt  a'Parisli  Or  QliurcU.  ,. 

A  new  DJo,ce.se  may  be  formed  withia  the  limits  of  any  existihg  Dio- 
cese, with'  tlic  consebt  of  ifs  Coiinoil  "and  the  Bishop  or  Bisliops" thereof, 
or,  if  thereil>c  ifo'  Bishop,  of  tlic  Ecclesiastical  Anthority  thereof;  and  a 
new  Dibceso  may. bo  furm«d  within  the  limits  of  two  or  more  "Dioceses 
with^hc  like  ConsGUi.  But  no  such  new  I)ioccse  shall  be  formed,  wRich 
shall  contain  less  than  ten  self-suiipoi;tiyg  ParishfS,  or  less  than  ten  Pres- 
bytcr-s  mIio  have  been  for  at  least  one  year  canonically  resident  within 
Ihe'boimds  of  such  new  Diocese,  rcgidarly  settled  in  a  Parish  or  Congre- 
gation, and  <iualilied  to.  vote  for  a  Bishop ;  nor  shall  such  new  Diucese  be 
formed  if  therol)y  any  existing  Diocese  shall  be  so  reduced  as  to  contain 
less  than'fifteen  s'olf-supporting  Parishes,  or  less  than  fifteen  Presbytcra 
who  have  been  resjidiiig  therein,  and  settled  aiul  qualified  as  above-men- 
tioned'! Prorvli'd,  that  no  city  sliall  fonn  more  than  one  Diocese. 

In  case  a  Diocese  shall  be  divided  into  two  or  more  Dioceses,  the  Dio- 
ccsati  of  the  Diocese  so  divided  may  elect  the  Diocese  over  which  he 
will  preside,  and  .^lall  becomo  the  Diocesan  thereof.  'And  the  Assistant 
Bishop,  if  there  be  one,  may  elect  the  Diocese  to  which  ho  will  be  at- 
tached ;  and,  if  it  bc  not  the  otie  elected  by  the  Jjishop,  he  shall  bo  the 
Diocesan  thereof. 

Ai:tici,e  VIII.  The  mode  of  trying  Bishops  shall  be  ])rovidcd  by  the 
(loueral  Council.  The  court  apixjinted  for  that  purpose  shall  be  composed 
of  l)ishops  only. 

In  every  Diocese,  the  mode  of  trying  Presbyters  and  Deacons  shall  be 
proscribed  by  the  Council  of  the  Diocese.. 

None  but  a  Bisly.)p  shall  pronounce  sentence  of  admonition,  suspension 
or  degradation  from  the  ministry,  ou  any  Ckrgyman,  whether  Bishop, 
Pre4>ytor  or  Deacon.  * 

•Airrici.E  IX!  !No  person  shall  be  admitted  to  Holy  'Order:^,  until  he  ehall 
_  have  been  examinevl  by  the  Bishop  and  by  two  Presbyters,  ai^l  shall 
'  have  exhibited  .such  testhnouials  and  other  requisites  as  the  Canons  iu 
*  that;  cn.se  provided  may  direct. 

N6r  sJiall  any  person  be  ordained  eiLlior  Deacon  or  Priest,  uulil  he  shall 
have  subscribed  the  following  declaration,  viz: 

"I  do  believe  the 'Holy  Scriptures  of -the  Old  and  New  Testament  to  bo 
the'AVord  of  God,  and  to  contain  all  things  necessary  to  salvation ;  and  I 
do  soleiiuily  engage  to  conform  to  the  Doctrines  and  "Worship  6f  the 
Proteslaiit  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Confederate  Stales  of  America." 

No  ])erson  ordained  by  a  foreign  Bishop  shall  bc  pu'mitted  to  otllciato 
a.s,a^i!uster  of  this  Church,  until  he  shall  have  complied  with  the  Canon 
or  Canons  in  such  case  pi-ovided,  and  have  also  subscribed  the  aforesaid 
declaration.  ' 

^Vrtic/.e  a.  a  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  Administration  of  the  Sacra- 
ments andotliCr  Kites  and  Ceremonies  of  the  Church,  Articles  of  Reli- 
gion, »ayd  a  form  and  manner  of  making,  ordaining  and  consecrating 
Uishpps,  Ri'iests  and  Deacons,  when  established  by  the  General  Council, 
sliall  be  used  in  those  Dioceses  which  shall  have  adopted  this  Constitu- 
tion. No  alteration  or.  addition  shall  be  yiade  in  the  Book  of  Comuicni 
Prayer,  or  oth^r  otiices  of  the  Church,  qr  the  Articles  of  Keligioti,  uules.s 
the  same  shall  1k>  propo.sod  fti  one  (ieneral  Council,  aud  by  a  resolution 
thereof  made  known  to  the -Council  of  every  Dioeese,  approved  by  a 
.  majority  of  the  Diocesan  Councils,  and  adopted  at  the  subseipient  General 
Council.  "  .  ' 


.  8  jpURNAL  OF  THE  (GENERAL  OOU-NCIL.-/       •[186^. 

•  .  •        ,  ■      '1  * 

Aiift'ici-K  XT.  I'i^iiops  for  foreign  conntncs;  niav,  on' dnc, application 
fliorei'foni,  bo  consoQiriited,  with  flie  :ipi)rol)atibn  of'a  ina^o'rity  "bf  tlie 
jiisiiops  oi"  thi^^OJuii'iJli,  sigiiiiied'iu  writing -to  ihn  Presidinp:  Blsho])  ;•  lie 
tliLTLMiixm  taki'nt;'  order  for  tlje  same!  and  tliey  beiiif;  satisfied  tliat  the 
])er6nn  flesignatud' for  tlie,  ofiicc  iias  been  duly  eho.sen  and  is  properly 
(pudiik'd."  ■     .'  ■      '  » 

T!ie  Order  for  sucli  ^uusccratipn  tjiaii  be  confo-vnied,  kn  ne'i^i'ly  as  '.nay 
be,  in  tb(<  judglnent  of  tbQ  Bj*iio])s.  toVn'e,  oiiC-Hsed 'in  this  Ghiux}). 

Bisho;>s,  so  coiisectatC'd.  sliall  ngt  lie-cUgitjh^  to  thcj  Qine6o£  ])iuc^saNi. 
(ir  Assistant  Bisho^y,  in  any  Dioees(j  in 'the  Confederate  ;^tates,  nor  lie 
■(■iiiith'cl  to  jj.  seat.in  the  li(»ii&(S  t>f  iJishops,  hdr  exercise  aiiy  autliority  jii 
llie  sjiiU '-HatoV'  "         ->.*•',_'."•  ,     **      '  ''^ 

■  Airri^i.i:  Xii..  ^Wiy  nlterafion  ill  ^his  Consfeiitntio^i  shall  be  originated 
ill  a  Gen'jj-al^'ixnivgil*  jvVhftu -ad^opted  iii  o;v)  Goueral  Council  by  aina- 
/^nrirv  ot  iJiellviii.fc  of  !uisijops  aiKl.by  a  nui]t)nty  o/  theHo,iisc  of  I)ei)n-^ 
'-.its,  s;;id  l>ephti<!s  "votii-i^'  by  ItJirteeses  a'ljd 'orders,  siicii  alterations  i^lialT 
be  niAde  k«i(l\t-n  to  th^  several  .iViocwsan  OolmciJ,  and^  if  agreed  to  Iff  fwo- 
■(  birds  ftf  tlicnu  aij^  rd(litJcd  iuti«)  ensuing  General  Coifiicife,  the  eauie  shall 
be  ;i^jwrt  (4^"-this  Cuiistitutixjif*      '  •_    '  .  "       ■ 

'  'Aifd  wpiS  Oi'olorcd  to  be  sent  d'owu  to  fhe  rosp.cctivo 
Dioucvj'i^s  for  their  coiisidcnitioii  and  ratiticution.  And 
Avhorcas  it  \s'ifs  furtkor-^  ^  <  ,         .  ' 

j'if^iolcc'If  'i'hiit  when   the  Canvcntions  of  all  the  Dioceses  v/itbin 'llie 

C\)iilV»derate  State's  shall  •liave  hjyl   an  •  oppertntiity  (.rf  ncting  npDii'-this 

('Oiusdtntion,  if  seven  or  more  of  them  shall  h;iv»  adopted  i t, -the' J*rv'.st- 

diM!;-  IVishop  shall  docl.irc 'Sie  unibit  of  those  iJioceseg  to  be  complete, 

'    «:id'0,je  Constitution '.to  be  of^foroe  over  sai'd  Dioeeses  so  adop'tiHg  if. 

.And  whereas,  satisfactoiy  evideiico  has  been  fnrnisbed 
.the  undersigned  that  the  Dioceses,  of  Virginia;  IS^orth  Caro- 
li,na,  Sontli  Carolina',  Georgia, .  Ahabama,  Mississippi  and 
Texas  liavo  acted  upon  the  said  CoiistifiLtfon  in  their  re- 
spective Conventions  and  have  adopte.d  the  same — 

•  And  whereasi,  the  Dioceses  of  Tennessee,  Louisiana  and 
Florida;  and  the  Missionary  jurisdiction  of  the   Soutliwest 
have  "bpen.pr.evented,  beea,use  of  military  occupation  bytlie 
'   forces  of  the  United  States  Goveriimeut,  from  'holding  Con- 
ventions, for  its  consideratiou — 

And  whereas",  it  is  highb/  important  that  tlie   Church 
should,  without  any  further  delay,  be  fullyorgauizcd  within 
•  the  Confederate  States — 

Now,  therefore,  I,  Stephen  Elliott,  Bishop  of  the  Dio- 
cese of  Georgia,  and  Senior  Bishop  of  the  Dioceses  which 
have  adopted  the  Constitution,  ticting  in  the  spirit  of  the 
resolution  before  recited,  and'  with  the  counsel  and  appro- 
])ation  of  the  Bishops  of  Tenuefesec  and  Louisiana,  my 
seniors 'in*  the  Episcopate,  do  hereby  .^leclare  the  Union  of 
the  DiocesesV>f  Virginia^  IsTor^li  Ca:r9lina,-  South  Carolina, 
Georgi-a,  Alabama, ^Mississippi  and  Texas,  to  be  complete, 


1SG2.]  •        J)E^LMiATI0i'AND  SUMMO^^^*!    '  '<> 

un^cf  the  ijtime  of  "TnE'FRo'DijsTjVNTaEpisco.r.a  Ciiuiicii  in 

.    THE  CONFKDSllAtE  ST-UTES  6i^  AjIM^A,"  aiul-f^G    sai(t    Coii- 
SuifiitioTt  to  "^)e,'hejice]or^i:^of  force  o<'ev  the  said  Dioceses., 

•Given  finder  my  hautl,."j^ii(i  the  Setd'of  the  Episcopate  of 
Georgia*  this  19tji  day  of  Septemijcr,  "in.  the  year  ©f  ©iir 
Lord,  ouoi  JtlionKaiul'eiglit  •hundred  and  sixjty-two,  at  the 
OitA'  of  Savanna]),  in  tll6  Diocese  o£  G-eorgiii.  ■      *        , 

^^iflhop'  of  the  I)i(^co?'o  op  Gcorfia. 


TUeJ»>.elegateslroin  ertch  ])iacese  ;ire  rcfjiiested  fo  bring 
with  tUpin  coj-iTcs  Of  the  Ile'j^lutioilS  nndcV  ^\h.M\  the  Con- 
stitiiti'on  was  adopted,  in  their  respeiStive  Dfocef^.es,  formally 
carli^ned  by  tlie  Secretary  or  Prfsiding  (Vii^eeV  bf-  the  Con- 
veiilion. 

^  SiEpriEN  Slltott, 

«  •  ♦     •  *      •  •Presidhitj  IMslioii. 

S:iVnini:lli,  Pcpl.  "nil.  ls!(V\  •    •'  '    * 


4    . 


•      •  • 


« 


JOTJEN'AL 


Hous.Ji:-  OP"  ;i3:iH];puTi.K^. 


FIRST  DAY  .S'  SESSION. 


.     _  \      -  Aug U8TA,  Ga...  Nov.  12th,  18(;:2.-  ■ 

.  Tn  pur.^nah'QOdf  the  u>i'Q.fi^in*g' I)ac'InTirtioii».'\iHl  Snnimoiy^, 
tlio  opLMiiiig  Koiii'itfbs  ^Dt'  the  iirt^t'iTicctiw!:^  of  the  *(TeiieV;>r 
Council"  of  the.  I'r^tcs^ant  Kp'isQopal  Churcli  in  the  Coiifod- 
erato  States  gf  Anicriea,  w.erc  held  in  |St. -i^aul's  Chiircii.  in 
,     llic  (tiiy  of  Ang-ustu",  in  tlip  State  of  Georgia.    • 

^foriiing  Ihwyai'  Mvas  read  by'the  liev.  Ciiristiaii  Ilanckle, 
*     ]).*.1T.,  of  the  Diqcc/c  (^f  South  Carolina,  assisted  %  tlie  l\e\'. 
^  F.  R.  ITajison,'Qf  t.he,I)iV)Qepc  pf  ^Vlahania. 

The  Rt.  Kev.  Step) i en'  >:i  1  iott,  D.  .11'  .I5ii;iu^p  of  t h.e  1  Upco.se 
•    ofUJcfor^i.a,  proceeded  with  the''A'nir-(\):wninni()n  Vervloo, 
.  theKt.  Kcv.  Thoiiia.s  Atkinson,  t):T>„  Lish'op  of  the  Dioeese 
.of  Xortli  Gfirolina,  rer\dii»g  th()  Epistl.e,  and  the.  lit.*  lie  v. 
Jolm  Johns,  1).  ]).,'iiis3iop  of  Hie  DiocQiSe'of  Virgtnlnj' tho- 
Cosp.eh  .  •  ■ 

•   'IMie  serinon  was  preached  hy  tlie  ilt.  Rev.  lleni'v  C.  La_\\ 

I).  L).,  AIissi(vnary  J>i;^h.op  oi'  tjie  »So^t^l-^^■est,    froin  -Tsaiah 

•        x!v :  ir>.''  "7<|vJIy,  t\ion  nrt  a-Uod'.that  llide.s^t]lyself;  0  CJod 

•  ot"I.siticf,,tlje  Siiviour."       ■      *   *       ■      ,        '■      .    ■         .    ',  • 

'  •  'Thcdioly  Comnmiiion  w-as.adniihiaterdd  hy.  the  Bi's^hoj^t 

ol  tlic  .I)ioce;-!t3  of  C-leoVgia,  assisted  by 'the    Bisitop    of  tlic 

,     j>if>cesG  of  \iV2finia,  and  tlie  lit.  jxcv.  Ixichard  H.  Wiluier^ 

!>.]).,  Bishop  ci*'the  Diocese  of  Alahani^. 

After  piildic, worship,  the  itofisc  of  •])ep\ities  wa.^  called 

to  order  by  the  liev.,  l\aill  ,Tra})i6r,  of  the  Bipcese  of  South 

.    Carolina,  on  motion* of  whf>ni,  the  Jinv.  I'l'.' ILvllanson  was 

*»    ■  appojiitC'd    leniporary    Chaiiman,'  and   tJ:e    ReV.    Tl'm.-  C: 

Willinnis.  of  tint  J)n)t'e.sG  «f  (-Je^rgia,  Sociotary  y^/-h  ?f //^ 


•   •    •  • 

12  *  JOURNAL  OF ^TIIE.GE?ri?RAL  COUNCIL.     •[IstDav. 

Certilieatee  Woro  then  presented- ^ttoeting' the  election. of 
tlio  following  iJepiitics,  to  wit :    .    • 

CLEEIGAL  ■  DEPUTIES. 

V'lfginia — 5'tov.  Wiii.  Spa^•^■o^t,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Josliua  Pcterkin,,  D.  D., 
Rev.  Geo.  11.  Norton.  •    '  .       " 

Nortn  Caroiina—Y.ev.  EicJiardK'ifason,  D.  D.,  Jlcv.  F.  M.  ILibbard, 
I).  I).,  P^ey*/.  C.  Iluskc.  ,,         ^'   .  '.  '   ■       ' 

South  Carolina — Rev.  Paivl  Trapier,  Rev.  CJiristiau  Ilanckle,  I).  D., 
Rev..G'.  C'Pificlcuey.      "  ' 

Gcorgia^'Rev.  ,Vm.  11.  Clarke,'  Rev.  II.  K.  R(jes,  Rev.  Win.  C. 
Wiilliayis..  /''••',' 

Alaoama — Rev.  Francis R.  Planson,  Rev,  John  if.  Mitchell,  Rev.  Henry 
N*  Pieroe.  5       't    * 

M^mitisl2rpi—Y^.(i\.  Wni,  G.  Crane,  Rev.  W.  W.  Lord,  D.  D:,  Ro.v.  Tliomas 
S.  8tw-ilge.>*    "      ■  -      •■  '  '   .      .  ..       '     ■ 

TexMs^'Rlw  P>enj.  Eaton,  Rev.  E.  A.  Wagner,  Rev.  W.  T.  i).  Dakell. 

ALTEie>'ATES.. 

*"    "Nonlt  ■QM'qlUd—'^OY.  R.  P.  Pfane,  D.  D.,  Rev.  J.  P.  Cheshire,  T).  P., 

Re-^-jl^dsyiivGeer.  . 

(korqin—lliix.  '^Xm.  K  Hawks.  Rev.  Salnnel  Eencdict,  Rev.  Canipron 
*F.  McKaes-  -  .  .  ,  ' 

»    .  J./«&«?Hrt'— Rev.    J.  ^M.  ;BaMister,    Rev.  J.   A.   Massey,    Rev.  •  J.   J.' 

Nicholson.     .       ,  ■         .^ 

,     MMum})}''- — Ptn-.   T.   J.  Pickett,    Rev. "  "W.    T,   Adams,    Rev.    Bcnj. 

Ilalstcd.  '.""••• 

■.LAY    DEPUTIES.. 

t-ar/^i«— ^I  *•  PhillipAViiriains^  Mr.  N,  II.  ifeae^e.  Mr.  J.  L.  Bacon, 
'North  Carolmu—Wn.  W.  iI;J5aUle,   STr.'  Rieliarcl  H.  Sniitli,  Dr.  A.  J. 
DeRossct.         •         ,  •         "       .  . 

South'  Cdn>U)ii^—lIxm..Ji:¥.  W.  Allstou,,. Mr;  J.  K.  6a»s,  Mr.  Edward 
]\fcCr!«iy    »••'.*,  '     -v  i   " 

6wrr/fti-^M,r.».L:'  N.  i^'hittle,  Mr.  W.  W.  Montgomery,  Mr.  H.  V. 
M^s.  ,    '         .    •  -  ■  '  ■    ,      ^ 

'*filaiama—Mon.  Jno.  D.  Pliolan,  Jlr.  Alexander  "W.  Ellerhe,  Mr.  Samiiei ' 
G.  Jone^     .  .     .  <  < 

Mlsmssqm—^h:  Wm.  Mc Willie,  Mr.  W.  C.  Smedc^Mr.'T.  £.  B, 
P(?£f«es.  ■  _  •       !,   ■         '    *     ^        V 

7(;.i;(7<i — Hon.  P.  W.  Grav.Mr.  E.'G.  Be'nncrs,  Mr.  A'.  M^  LcMs.      '     . 

V  -^  .  /•         ■ .  ■•  •    «    .  • 

#  "  /        ALTERNATES. .' 


•   ♦^7>Q?7i   Oi,rdlna-^h-/B,.  P.  'I^attle,  Mr.  —  Patchcldev,  Mr.  .John  11.  • 

"   Brvan.         ''-..' 

_ , _  M. 

Nil 

__      __,__._  ::y  A. 

Tas'tor. '*■'"--*        y 


6V(??v^m^^Dr.    R.  p).    Moore,    ilr.'.-Bcnjaigain.  Corik-y,    Mr.    P. 
sigJi.lJiii^aLc.    *,    V  ■»      *   . 

''A/ahama--Mv.ltdhev'i.S^.  Bunker,   lion'.  W.  G;  Jones,  Mr.   Ilenr: 

ay  lor.       ^      gJ\  ,  .. 

"j!/2>s/s,9/;7^)J—3frr.' Richard  Evans,  Mr.  A.  M.   Clayton,  Mr,  Martin.  Yv". 
2  wing,  ♦  t         %       ^^>  ^  ■'.   •  ^ 


E 


.1802.]  '  HOUSE  "OF  i  .:PUT1ES.  i:^, 

,TJic  Roll  bciii^^  eallcd',  t\\KS  loll6;\ving:  Deputies  aHS^^;crccl 
to  their  names,  to  Vv'it ;  ^,,     '    \.,'"'«        *'..•'•■ 

0/  the  Clergy — Rev,  M^srsf  Spairrow,  .,P»tcrldnf, Norton^  Jlar-oklo, 
^Xi'"pi*^iV  Clarke,-  TJces,  AVilliaiusj  llansoir,  Cr:i,iio;  \Vagiicr! 
,      **•  6/  the  Zaif^-r->[eijsvs.  Bacon,  }>[assic,  Bittlc,^.AIlstoii,,^nJ>'?,  JT^Oi-ady, 
•       ^fekjs,  ]\foiitc;omerv.  '  •  "       '  "  '   '  . 

*       Oil  motion  of  the  Eev.  Mr.  Clarke,  -tlic   Ret*    Cliristiau 
,    ^Ilaucklc,  D..  D.,-  was"  unanimously' clcctctl  rrcsitfent  of  tlic 
'  I  louse  of  Deputies,*  and  was  comluctoift-  to  tlic  Cliiiir  l^y.  thtj 
Hey.  Dr.  Sparrow  and  tlie  Rev.  Mr.  Craue*  *     .     '* 

On  taking  the  Chair  the  Rev.   President,  nddrcssefd  the 
House  a3  follows':    ■.  •    ■         ~  ' 

'M]!  Byeihren  of  the  Clergy  and'  Laitij  : 
^        Your  election  of  me  to  this  Chair  has  been  ([uitc  nno::- 
Vpected,  ahdthercfore  I  am  unprepared  to'make  any  formal 
"remarks  on  the  occasion.     I  feel  myself  constrained,  how- 
ever, to  tbai'ik  you  for  your  -kind"  opinion  expressed- by  it. 
I  am  not  yery  familiar  with  Legisjativo  pFOcecdihg's,  "and 
fear  I  shall  disappoint  youf  cxpcctationsf.    "'Bui:  I  shall  en- 
deavour to  discharge  the  duties  of  nly  oliice  to  tlie  host  of 
'■  my  ability,  and; beg  your  kind  'indulgenee  fo;'  ah}-  errors  I 
may  commit.       •  ••••..■.■• 

We  have  entered, 'Brethren,  upO'^/ia .  very-  important  and 

'.     interesting,  staged  in  the  history  of  .'our  Churcli  on  tbis  eon- 

^**  fih^ent.     We  are  abonit,   not 'to  detach  ourselves  from  thb 

*.€h^^i'<^^i  Catholic,  but  to  put  forth  a  new  bud' from  tlio 

'      parent  st(f)ck.  Indeed,  by  our  proceedings  thus  far,  wq  have 

already  developed  the  elements  of  a  full,  perfect  and  com- 

•    p'lete  branch,  which,  I  trust,,  may  gi'ov/  and"  spi-ead  till  it. 

<30vier.the.  whole  land,  and  reach,  and  blessj  Iry  its  precious 

^  .  iiikiiuences,  the  remotest  parts  of  our.  Coufedcrajle-  State.*;. 

*^re  aim  at  no  change  in  the  faith  and  polity  of-fiie- Church 

Catholic:'  nor  cv-cn  in  the'. worship  and  dj.scipline  of  our 

|)cloved  Church,  except  wha-t  6urpcQ.uliar  c6n,ditibn/^nay 

require.     And,  hQrcin,  wC'are  doing  no  mor6  than  our  foi-p- 

fathcrs  did,  wlven   the}'  organi;ced  oui'  Church  in  the  old 

United  States.     We  are  only  claimiivg  and- exercising  the 

privilege  which  they  claiined  and  exciJoised^ 

With  those  objeo'ts  beforeus,  Ipray  God,  that,  under.the 
inlluence  of  the  iloly  Ghcfet,  our  proceejiiiigs  may  bo  char- 
acterized by  d  spirit  of  Cliristran  love,  and  forT^'ai-itncc,  ^nd 
be  conducted  throughout  our  session^  with  ;i  siyglo  eye  to 
the  glory  of  God  and  the  good  of  lli.s  Church;  thi^ugli  our 
^'Lord  J^cs^ia  ^hr\st.     And,  v.dth  thip.  [traycr  fu  our  hearts, 


14  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.      [IstDav. 

let  us  now  proceed  to  tomplete  the  organization  of  this 
House  by  electing  a  Secretary. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Williams,  the  Rev.  John  ^1. 
Mitchell,  of  the  Diocese  of  Alabama,  was  unanimously 
elected  Secretary,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Williams  was  requested 
to  continue  to  act  as  Secretary  pro  tern.,  until  his  arrival. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Trapi«r — 

Jiesohed.,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  inform  the  liouwe  of 
Bishops  that  the  House  of  Deputies  has  been  duly  organized  bj  the  elec- 
tion of  the  Rev.  Christian  Hanckle,  D.  D.,  as  President,  and  the  Rev.  J. 
M.  Mitchell,  as  Secretary,  and  is  ready  to  proceed  to  business. 

The  Chair  appointed  under  said  Resolution  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Trapier  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Sparrow. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wagner — 

Besolved,  That  a  Committee  of  three  bo^  appointed  to  report  Rules  of 
Order  for  the  government  of  this  House. 

The  Chair  appointed  the  Rev.  Mr.  Waguor  and  Messrs. 
Battle  and  Allston. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Trapier — 

JReMhed,  That  the  President  appoint  during  the  recess  of  the  House 
the  following  Standing  Committees,  to-wit :  O71  the  State  of  the  Church, 
to  consist  of  one  Deputy  from'  each  Diocese ;  On  Canons,  to  consist  of 
three  Clergymen  and  three  Laymen ;  On  the  Bible  and  Prayer  BooTc,  to 
consist  of  three  Clergymen  and  three  Laymen  ;  and  on  Missions,  on  the 
admission  of  nete  Dioceses,  on  the  Consecration,  of  Bishops,  on  Expenses, 
and  on  Elections,  to  consist  of  three  members  each. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Williams  offered  the  following  Resolution : 

Besolved,  That  members  of  the  Primary  Convention  for  framing  the 
Constitution,  whose  Dioceses  have  been  unable  to  act,  be  allowed  all  the 
privileges  of  members  of  this  body,  except  the  right  to  vote. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Itanson —  ♦ 

Ordered,  That  said  Resolution  be  referred  to  a  special 
Committee. 

The  Chair  appointed  on  that  Committee  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Hanson,  and  Messrs.  McCrady  and  Massie. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Trapier — 
.    Ordered,  That  when  this  House  adjourns,  it  adjourn  to 
meet  to-morrow  at  9|  o'clock,  A.  M.,  and  at  the  same  hour 
every  day  thereafter,  until  otherwise  ordered. 

On  motion  of  the  same — 

Besohed,  That  Clergymen  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
Confederate  ^tatei,  not  members  of  this  body,  candidates  for  orders,  and 
members  of  Vestries  of  Churches,  be  admitted  to  the  sitting*  of  this 
House.  • 

The  special  Committee  to  which  the  Resolution  of  the" 


•  .• 


1862.1  '    '^         HOUF^E  OF  :T,rT)tlES.  15 

Rev.  Mr.  Williams  was  referred,  recommended  the  adoption 
of  the  following,  instead  thereof,  to-wit : 

Kemlved,  Thnt  tlip  Clerical  and  Lny  Dc])uties  to  th©  Primary  Conven- 
tion for  framing  the  Ooiistitntioti,  whose  l)ioc«se.s  have,  from  any  onnse, 
been  prevented  from  acting  on  the  subject,  he  invited  to  seate  on  this 
floor,  with  tlie  privilege  of  being  hoard  on  the  matters  discussed. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Battle,  eaid  Kesolntiou  was  made  the 
order  of  the  day  for  to-morrow  morning.    . 

On  motion,  after  Prayers  by  the  President,  the  House 
adjourned  till  to  morrow. 

•  i  BICOND   day's   5KSSI0N.  • 


Augusta,  Ga.,  Nov.  13th,  1862. 

The  House  met  at  9^  o'clock,  A.  M. 

^forning  Prayer  was  read  by  the  Kev.  Dr.  Mason,  of  N". 
C,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wagner,  of  Texas. 

On  the  call  of  the  roll,  the  following  Deputies,  in  addition 
to  those  present  on  yesterday,  answered  to  their  names, 
to-wit : 

From  N.  Carolina.— l^tx.  R.  S.  Mason,  D.  D.,  F.  M.  Hubbara,  D,  D., 
Rev.  .T.  C.  Huske,  and  A.  J.  DeRosset,  M.  D.  . 

From  Alabama. — Rev.  John  M.  Mitcliell,  Rev.  H.  N.  Pierce,  and  Hon. 
John  D.  Phelan. 

From  Oforgia.—Ur.L.  N.  Whitt'e. 

The  minutes  of  yesterday's  proceedings  were  read  by  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Williams,  and  confirmed. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Mitchell,  the  Secretary  was 
instructed  to  solicit  a  copy  of  the  remarks  made  by  the 
President  on  taking  the  Chair,  to  be  entered  on  the  Journal. 

On  motion  of  the  same,  the  Secretary  was  aiithorized  to 
prefix  to  the  Records  ot  the  proceedings  of  this  House,  the 
Circular  of  the  Rt.  Rev.  Stephen  Elliott,  D.  D.,  declaring 
the  proposed  Constitution  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  to  be  of  force 
in  the  several  Dioceses  whose  Conventions  have  ratified  the 
same,  and  summoning  the  Deputies  elected  by  said  Dioceses 
to  meet  in  General  Council  on  the  second  Wednesday  in 
November,  18G2. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Battle — 

Jyfuohed,  That  the  Deputies  in  attendance  from  the  Diocese  ofGeorglt 
be  appointed  a  Committee  to  assign  Beats  for  the  members  of  tliis  House, 
and  that  in  making  the  assignment,  they  set  .ipart  two  pews  for  the  dele- 
gation from  each  Diocese;  •    . 


IG 


JOURNAJ.  OF  THB.GcENEPvAL  COUiT€IL.        f2d  Daj. 


On  motion  of  the  Rov.  Mr/  Trapicr,  the  Pi:e6ident  was 
rcr^ucstcd  to  appomt  four  additional  mdmbers  on  the  Com- 
mittee on  Mission^.  ... 

The  Secretary,  by  leave,  appointed  the  Rev.  Tf.  C.  Wil- 
liame  assistant  Secretary  of  the  House  of  Deputies. 

.The  President  annoimcod  the  toUowing  Standing  Com- 
mittees, Ip-witi,   ,  .;     .        .  ■  "• 
»      ., 

.  Cohli/ifUce.hiihfffSfaieof  the  C?iurc7i..—TiQV.  T?m.  Sparro'A^,  -D.  J)., 
yirjrinlfi';  T^eVi-.-F/vM.  IIubbftvd/D.  T).,  North  Carolina;  Rev.  CJ.  C. 
Piuckuey,  Soutli  Cftruliiui;  Ilev.  II.  K.  liees,  Cleorfjia;  Rev.  F.  ii..  Hau- 
son,  Ai'ibailfa;  SeV.  W.  C.  Cfane,  Mississippi;  Rev.  E,  A.  Wagnoii, 
Te.^as.  ■,   ^      - 

Gofhmiitjtee  o^i  C't^mons.—Rev.  panl  Trnpior,  Soi^tli  Carolina;  Kcv.  II.  '^- 
Pierce,  •Alabama;  Rev.  ^^V.  C.  ^Villiains,  Cfeorgia;'  Mr.  W.  H,  Battle,' 
XortJi  4:!arofiiyi;    Mrf  Edward  McCrady,  South  ■  Car<fynft ;    Mr.   N.  II. 

Masaj^irffyH/V-' *i'  '      U  ^  '=-.:■•»'  J» 

•    Cofufnitm  oii-^ie  •JBibhUiM  Prayer  liool:'—?.Ki\.  R.  S;  Mason,  D.  1)., 
North  Caniliiin";   Rev.  ."Toshiia  Peterkin,  D.  D.  Virgiuia ;  Rev.  P.  i>a]^ier, 
•  South  Carolina;  Mr.J.D.  Phdau,  AIab&(na,  ?>k.  I^..^'.  W.  AHstdi,  Suuth 
.  Carolina; 'Mr. 'yf..  W.  Moiit^oiuerv; G<'orgia.  y    »,  !'  •    •  .   .:    •  *•' 

CbmmlUee  on,  Micslon^.-^lliiv^i  "W.*  G.  Crane,  Mississippi";  'Rer..  W.  IT. 
Clarke,  (TO0rgia;Mlfev.;  It!  H.  Norton,  Virginia; '  Rev.  E.  A. 'Warner, 


Teias  ;  Mt".-  j.  K^^'SiiA^J^outh  Carqlin^;  .Mr.  ^V.  i.  DoRtwsyt,  l^vfth  Ca^o 
lina;  A.  W.^Ellepbe,  Alabama.'    '     "     '    '    ,•  '  ♦    «, 

.  Coiumittee  qiu  tlic  Admhngn  of  Nfiio  Dioceses. — Rov.  J,  C.  Ku'ske,  M>rH: 


Stni 


,     ,  ^_., , .  X.  ^aes,  jS.outh  CiU-p]jnfu.      .  . 

*Coii\mktee'on  lEieeti'ons. — Rev,    ^V\   II. ,  Clarl^;^  GVor^iti-;    Mr. 
nith,*  N'orhi  Carolina;  ill'.. S..G.iro.'ics,  Xlabania.'""    ■   " 


R.  U. 


Tlie  Committee  on  Rules  of  Order,  ma|^ .the  'following 
Repc^rt  : 

Tlic  Cn)iiiiU4,tce  appuinlua  to  prL-iiaru  Rules  of  Qruer.  .for  the  Gc'vorn- 
ment  of  thg  liousd  of  Depntiei*,  present  "ttig"  .'follQvvin^V  '-^^^  reeommond 
their  adoption ;  ,^-.'        *       |.  "'•^  '   .  /   .  .     '  ■    '      ». 

',  1.  Each  d ay 'd' session  shiUl  cojiimfeuco  •\yitu  the  Morning  Sor,vifte  of  the 
ChiirelK  ^  •     '.'^   '■."''         .' 

2:  When  the  R'esident  takos  the  'Chair,'  no  Member,  sli.^ll  cpntianc 
•  stMiHling,  or  shall  at'tetfward^  stand;  ex:cept  to  Address  tlic  Chair;  ■ 
"p..  When. the  Pre.-ident  shalbhavetaltenthti  Chair,,  the 'Roll  of  ^embers 
shall  be  callei^  and  the  Minutes  of  the  pret-cd^ng  day,  read.  •     ' 

4.-  TJic  t)iisinessK)f  ,tlie  House  shall  be  called.up,  and  disposed  oYj^i/die 
foltow'ng  orde?,  to -wit: — 1st.  Coainmnications  frohi  the 'President.    '2d. 
Reports  fix)ni  btan^liug  Coin^nittees.     3d.  Reports  of  Special  Oommitteos* 
^  ^h.  Petitions  and  Mpu:ioriiJs.     6th.  Motioj^s  and  Resolutiouji.  .      » 

'"  5.  The'IIo^se  shajl  proceed  to^the  Ord«r  "of^he  Day  one'hour  after  its 
nieetiiSfff  unless  sooner  ordered  or  dispensctl  with,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds 
of  the  Mcm"ber3  present.  •  ,  .■*, 


1862.]    ■  '  HOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.  *  .17 

,  .  ^  ■.•    .    . 

6.  All  resolutigns  sliall  be  red,nced  to  writings  presented  to  the  Secre- 
■    tary,  and  by  him  rtad  to  the  Hoirsa ;  •  and  0!i  motion  aliaH  be  considered 

before  llie  Honse,  unless  seconded. 

7.  No  Member  shall  absent  himself  from  the  sessions  of  the  House^ 
unless  he  have  leave,  or  be  imable  to  attend. 

S,  When  an}'  Member  is  about  to  speak,  or  deliver  any  UM*tter  to  the 
Tlouse.'he  shall,  with  due  respect,  dddress  him.self  to  the  President,  con- 
lining  himself  strictly  to  the  point  in  debate. 

;i.  No  Member  shall  speak  more  tha^i  twice,  iti  the  same  debate,  without 
leave  of  the  House.  .  . 

10.  While  the  President  is  puttini:  any  question,,  the* Memljers  shall 
conitinue  in  their  seats,  and  shall  uot  hold  any  i)rivate  discourse. 
•  «    11.  Evfery  Member  Avho  shall  lie  in  the  House  when  any  question  i^ 
^  put,  shell,  on  a  division,  be  counte*!,  unless  he  be  personally  interested  in 
the  disaussiou.  ^   • 

•  12.  When  a  question. is  under  consideration,  no  motion  sluUl  be  re- 
ceived, unless  to^ayit  U]k)u  the  table,  to  postpone  it  toa  certain  time,  to 
jtostpone  it  imletinitely,  to  commit,  to  amend,  or  to  divide  it;  and  motions 
for  any  of  these  purposes  shall  have  precedence  in  the  order  herein  named. 
The  motions  to  lay  upon  the  table  and  to  adjourn,  shall  be  decided  without 
debate.     The  motion  to  adjourn  shall  always  be  in  order. 

io.  All  Committees  shall  lie  appointed  by  the  -President,  unless 
otherwise  ordered.        ,  •  ' 

1-i.    When  the  House  is  atout  to  rise,  everv  Member  shall  keep  his  seat 
until  the  President  leaves  bis  chair. 
^  15,   The  names   of  the   movers  of  resolutions  shall  appear-  upoii  the 

Minutes  of  this  House.  '     «  * 

'    .  »l(i.  Tlie  Keports  ot  all  i'omnilttees  ^liall  be  in  writings   and  shall  be 
'     j-v<feived,  of  course,,  and  without  motion  for  acceptance,  unless  recommii- 
.ted  by  H  vote  of  the  House.     All  Reports  recomrfiending  or  requiring  any 
at'.tion  or  expression  of  opinion  by  the  House,  shall  be  accompanied  by  a 
fesolntion  for  the  action  of  the  House  therein. 

17.  If  the  questidu  under  debate  is  susceptible  of  divi3ion,  the  sanio 
shall  be  divided,  at  the  request  of  any  Member,  and  a  vote  taken  sepa- 
rately, except  that  a  motiori  to  .strike  out  and  insert  shall  be  indivisible. 

18.  All  questions  uf  order  shall  be  decided  by  the  Chair,  without 
.  debate  ;  but  any  Member  may  appeal  from   such  decision  ;  and  on  such 

aiqieal  no  member  shall  speak  more  tliau  once,  without  express  leave  df 
the  House.  *         ■  ' 

19.  All  amendments  sliall  be  considered  in  th*  order  in  which  tliey  are 
lyov^d.  When  a  proposed  amendment  is  under  consideration,  a  motion 
to  rimend  the  same  may  be  uiatU';  no  after  amendment   to  such   second 

•  amendment  shall  be  in  order.  Hut  when  an  amendment  to'^n  amend- 
ment is  under  consideration,  a  .substitute  to  the  whole  matter  may  be.  re- 
ceived. Ko  prdpositiou,  oM  a  subject  diflerent  from  the  one  under  con- 
aideration,  shall  be  received  under  color  of  a  su'bstitute., 

20.  In  all  questions  decided  numerically,  the  motion  to  reconsider  must 
ho  made  by  »ne  DeputjBf  and  seconded  by  another,  who  voted  in  the 
uuijority;  or  in  case  of  equal  (livision,  by  tliose  who  voted  in  the  nega- 
tive; and  in  the  case  of  a  vote  by  Orders,  \vher6  there  fs  a  onucurrence 
of  both  Orders,  amotion  to  reG(ini.ider  shall  be  made  by  a   majority  of  a 

•  l>eputation  from  any  Diocese  of  cither  Order  voting  in  the  majority ;  and 
in  the -case  i>f  a  non-concurrence  of  Order.s,  the  motion  to  reconsider  shall 

,  couio  from  a  majority  of  a  Deputation  from  a  Diocese  of  that  Order 
which  gave. the  majority  in  the  negative  :  and  in  either  case  a  motion  to 

2  . 

•  .  •  *       '    .  .     . 


18  .TOFRT^AL  OF  THE  C^^ERAL  CQyjTCTL.  \2dJ)aj.  « 

reconsider  slilall  be  seconded  ty  uiaajority  of  any  Deputation  of  either 
Order,  without  regard  to  its  previous  vote.     And  all  motions  to  reoou-  * 

sider  shall  be  made  and  seconded  on  tlie  day  the  vote  is  taken,  or  the 
next  succeeding  day. 

Edwin  A.  "WAnxsn,  Chairman. 

•  « 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr,  Mitchell,  the  proposed  Rules 

of  Order  were  read  and  act«(l  on  .!?ma^m  ;    .       .  '  ,. 

Whereupon  nineteen  of  sajd  Rules  were  adopted. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  A7hitt1e.  Rule  2Q  was  laid  on  the  table 
until  to-morrow.  "  •    •         . 

A   verbal    message    was    received  from   the   House  of- 
Bishops,    through   the  Rt.  lieV.  the  Bishop  of  Alabama,- 
announcing  th}it  it  had  organized  by  electing  the  Rev.  W.        * 
IL    Ilarison,   of  (.xcorgia,  Secretary,    and   was"  ready   to     .  *•  .   < 
receive  communications  from  the  House  of  Deputies. 

TUe  Chair  announced  the  following  Resolution  as  the 
order  of  the  day,  to-wit:     '. 

Rrxohed,  Tliat  the*('leri(;al  and  Lay  IXci'iutiesto' the  Primary  Conven-         '      '* 
;ion  for  framing  th'e  Copstitntion,  \vh09c  Dioceses  have,  from  any  cause, 
lioiMuprcventcd  from  acting  on  the  subject,  i)e  invited  to  sefets  on    this 
ili)()r,  with  the  ])Vivik'ge  ufjjcing  Jieard  on  the  niattovs  discussed.     »  ♦ 

The  Chair  announce^  .the  following   M.essa^s  from  4ho,  •      'jj 
House  of  Bishops,"  to  wi  if--*  .  .        « 

>,ri;ss.voj;X«>.  2.    '         .  ^  \  .  •        .  ♦ 

Thc'»ilou>e  (jt  lilshops  Iiifuiiihs  l£e  ll(^iiso  (SlTDcpitties  Uiat  it  lias  passed       *" 
rlir  fnll()v,-ii\r'"KesyUit<<)ii  i         '»<•■,  .  '  •  '  ••' 

Uttiolred,  (I'lio*  House  o(*De[tutJ^'s  cfH'.uTirring,)  That  a  joint  Commilteo 
l)e  appointed  l6  pi'ep.lre  j'dnt  T'l^les  of  Order,  to  regulate  the  inti'rooiH'se 
^of  tlie  two  Itonscs.  •'*'.' 

Jicsolvcd' 'I'li^t  tlie  (.'ummitte*,  onXlie  part  of  the  Hoysfi  of  Bishops,  con 
^<.\J>t.  of  the  IVisliops  n^tji«  SontliA^est.  y  irginia  aiitl'Mississipjii. 

'  Mi^ssjtofc-Xo;  :i.      '        '.'»  *'•       ,^ 

*     Tke  Itouse-rtf  IJishoiv;  informs  tliv,.ll^in'?e.o|'  Deputies  th/it  if  has  j)as.se(l 
the  folhAvj ng  ivsolutroii-:  '•         •  •        ,  «  •  ♦    • 

/iV.y.'//7r/,  (The,  House  of  Deputies  conc'urriiig,,j'Th'^t4hG  sessions  of  Ihe^ 
ritMncil  sjiall  oi).en  with  Morning  Pr^yer'at  16  o'clock,  A. *M.,  and  .sl>all      ^ 
,h)^i'  ni  •■'.  «»'cluc,k,  P.  M.,  t.'ikiug  a  recess  of  one  haU"  hour  at  l^o'clock,  M.. 

On  ^mbtion  of  Mr.  •Phelan,  the' order  of  tlie  day  was  i^-** 
I'O.nimittcd  to  the  special  committee,   Avith  instruction^  ^>  • 
n'poii  a  Resolution  inviting  the  persons  therein- mentioned, 
"to  honorary  .seats  in  the  House.,    Ayes,  15:    noes,!'.  ■ 

I  icavci  was  granted  to  said  Committee  to  retire.  , 

Ou  motion  "of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Trapier :    •        '  .  • 

h't-fioictd,  That  tlie'Housf^  of  Deputies  coiU-nr  in  the  a^loption' of  the 
lic'Olution  conveved  to  it  iit  Messtige  Xo.  2,  of  tlie  House  of  Kishops.  ^        • 

'jphe  Chair  appointed  on  the  part  of 'tliis  House,  up6n  the 


•iRC^l'  HOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.  19 

.  •    •  ♦ 

•  Joint  Committee  provided' for  in  tlie  said.ke3o]ntir>n,  liev. 
Messrs..  Mason  and  Hanson  and  jMr.  J.  1).  Plielau.  .     ■• 

Oil  motion  of  Mr.  McOrady,  Message  Ko.  3,  of  the  House 
.  of  Bishops,  was  laid  on  the  table  for  the  pro;^Qnt.  •    ,  * 

Ordere(l,  That  wlien  this  House  adJQurn,  it  adjoni'n  lill 
10  o'clock,' A-  M.  t-o-morrow.  »      ••      '       ,     * 

On  motion  of  the  Uq.v,  Mv.  Trapicr,  thp  proposed  Oaiio'isi 
'     ]M-oparcd  by-ljhe  Cortimittcc  <>n  Constitution  and  Canons  at 
tlio  Columbia  Convention,  were- referred  to  ihe.  Committee   ■ 
,      'on  Canons  of  this  Ttonse.    .     •  '  ' 

•  ,  The  Committee  to  whicli  was' re-convnitted  the  Resolu- 
tion concerning  the'admission  of  certain  per^•-on-^  1o  seats  in 
this  House,  reported  the  following,  to  A\it : 

-£csolceil,  That  the  Clerical  and  Tiay  Deputies  to  fJic  I'riniarv  ^'oiiven- 
«,  t.iuii  for  Uio  Ibrmatiou  of  the  (A)ast  Itutioii,  wliose  I)ioi:'(^s(j>?  have,  fuom  Anf^ 

•MP^^\  heon  prevented  from  art'ni'j;  on  the  siiliject,  be  iriviti-'d-tu  Loiior^ry 
"  1^ts  on  the  Hoor  of  this  IJouso. 

.,'  Mr;  McCradv  moved  to  :!niend  the  Resolution  by  strikin<y 
oiit  the  word ''honorary."     Lost.'  ..>',' 

1^  The  Resolution  was  then  adopted. 
On  motion,  the  Hons(>  iidj'onrned. 


« 


THirn.  UAY'.»3. SESSION? 

Auaus-fxt  ^A.,  ?ss>i'.  14, '1802. 

The  House  met  pursuant  tatidjournraent.-*    *' 
t        Morning  Prayer  was  read  by' "the  Rev.   Mr.  X'orlon,  of 
«    Virginia,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Crane,  of  ]\Iississippi. 
•  Present,  as  on  yesterday,  Avifl\  the  additicm  of  Mr.  ;;Samuei 

^       (!.  Jones,  a  Lay  Deputy,  iVom  the  Dioqese  of  Alabama.        . 
•    .     The  Mijiutes  of  yesterday's  proceedings   were  read  and 
confirmed.  ;"•  '    |k 

,'  dffi  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Williams,  the  House  suspend- 
ed the  Rules  of  Order,  jind.  took  from  the  table,  MesBage. 
Xo.  3,  of  the  House  of  Bishops.  ..         •'        '     ' 

.        Omnotion  ot  the  same,  the  House  .voted  to  non-concur  • 
in  the  Resolution  contained  in  said  JMessaqe,'  and  instructed 
the  Secretary  to  inform   the    House  of  Bishops-  that   the 
_  •    .  House  of  Deputies'  liad  lixed  upon  10  o'eloel^  A.  M.,  ao  the 
hour  for  opening  each  day's  session. 
^♦■^    On  behalf  of  "the   Conimittee  on  Canoni",  fhe  Rev.  Mr. 
♦  Trapier"  reported,  for  the  consideration  of  the  li;puse,  the 
^       ^three  following  Canons,  to  wit:  *-     *  ^    '      0' 


20  •    JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.  [2d  Da  v. 

CANON  T.  % 

OJ  Ecdesiastical  Authority.  , 

V  I  'I'lie  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  each  Diocese  shall  be  itsr  Bishop. 
2  "WheTi  there  is  no  Bishop,  the  Standing  Committee  is  the  Ecclesiastical 
3- Antlioritv  for  all  purposes  declared,  in  these  Canons, 

•      • 
"CANON  11. 

,  Of  the  AdvUssio'n  of  Persons  as  Gandidates  for  Deacorts  Orders. 

^  i  \.  Every  person,  who  desij-es  to  becon^e  a jcandidate for  Holy  Orders     .  ;    , 

!2  ill  this  Church,  shall,  in  the  first  instance,  give  notice  of  that  desire 

:!  to  the  E^iclesiastical  Authority  to  whose  jurisdiction  he  belongs;' in 

4  w  liicli  notice  he  shall  declare  whether  he  hasever  applied  for  admission 
•  5  as  a  candidate  in  any  other  Diocese.     The  Ecclesiastical  Authority  may 

6  consent  to  his  applying  in  some  other  Diocese.  ^         ' 

1  §-2.  The  notice  above  required  having  been  given  to  the  Bishop,  and 
,'  "1  t!ie  Bishop  having  signified  his  approbation  iu  writing,  the  person  so 

:;  applying  shall  send  the  said  certificate  in  a  letter  addressed  by  him  to 
'  4  ilic  President  or  Secretary, of  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Diocese        .  -* 

5  (if  said  Bisho]) ;  whereupon  the  Standing  Committee  may,  if  they  flMp 

l)  lit,  testify  in  his  behalf  to  the  Bishop,  if  there  be  one,  that  from  per-  '      ■  * 

7  SMiial  knowledge,  or  from  testimonials  laid  before  them,  they  believe  ,•  ♦ 

S  tliat  he  is  pious,  sober  and  honest,  attached  to  the  doctrine,  discipline       ,    •* 
'J  and  worship  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  »  communicant  of  ^ 
lu  1  he  same,  and  iu  their  opinion   possesses   such    qualifications  as  will    , ,» 
1 1  render  him  apt  and  meet  to  exercise  the  ministry  to  the  glory  of  God,  »< 

J'.!  and  the  edifying  of  the  Church;  and  if  the  Standing  Committee  can- 
K!  nut  certify  as  above  from  personal  knowledge,  the  testimonials -laid 

14  before  them  by  tiie  applicant  shall  be  of  the  same  purport,  and  as  full 

15  as  tlie  certificate  above  required,  and  shall  be  signed  by  at  least  one 

16  Presbyter  and  four  respectable  Laymen  of  the  Protestant  Episco])al  ^ 

17  Church  in  the  Confederate  States. 

1-     i  ".  The  ai)plicant  shall  transmit  the  certificate  of  the  Standing  Com-      •• 
•1  niittee  to  the  Bishop,  who  may.  thereupon  admit  the  person  as  a<;an-  . 
V>  didale  lor  Holy  Orders,  and  shall  record  the  same  in  a  book  to   be    |, 
4  kept  hy  him  for  that  purpose,  and  shall  notify  the  candidate  of  auch   ^        < 
,  5  recoril.     lu  any  Diocese  where  there  is  no  Bishop,  the  Standing  Com- 
t»  mittee  may,  on  the  same  ieonditions,  admit  the  person  as  a  candidate, 
7  and  An\\\  make  record  and  notitication  in  the  sanle  manner. 
\     i  4;,  No  person  v,ho   has  previously  .applied  as  a  canctidato  in  any     ■ 


2  Diocese,  and  Ims  been  refused  admission,  or  having  been  adnutted,  has 

}j  afterwards  ceased  to  be  a  caudidate,  shall  be  admitted  as  a  canAi<]ate 

4  in  any  other  Diocese,  until  he  fjiall  have  produced  from  the  ETClesi- 
5,  ft^tictil  Authority  of  the-  former  Diocese,  a'  certiticate  declaring- thu 

6  cause  for  whicli  he  wits  refused  adnussiou,  or  for  which  he  ceased  to 
V^be  a  candidate.       _  '  '  <         ,         , 
1  ^5.  fl.]  AVhem  a  perf^nj^  wlio,  not  having  had  Episcopal  Ordination, 

'1  Ij.'is*  been  acknowledged  as"  an  ordained  ntinister- or  licentiate  in  "any 

J  ilfuomiitatiun  of  Christian--,  shall  desire  to  be  ordained  in  tins  Church, 

4  ihe  shall  jjive  ^tiotice  thereof  \o  the.  I^cc.lesinsticnl    Authority,  of  tlie  » 

5  Uiocese  in  which  he  jx'sides;  ur,  if  he  reside  in  a  State  or'Territory  in 

d  whii-ii  ther«j  is*no  organized  Diocese,  to  the  Missionary  Bishop  withiu*# 

7  whose  jurisdiction  Ife  resides;  which  notice  shall  be  accompnniedby  a. 


1962.J  •         HOUSE  OF.  DEPUTIES.  "  21 

•   ••  .       • 

R  wViltcu  ccrLificalc  froni  aLlcast  two  rrebbylersTot  this  I'lmri'h.  >-i;iiiiirc    . 

9  tlijit,  from  persoiifll  kiiowledp;eol'llic  npplicanlor  sfitisfnctory  ovidoiiCii' 

40  laid  bclbro  tliem,  tlioy  bcliovo  tliat,  liis  desire   to  leave  the  dctloniiiiM- 

\l  Vion'  to    wliich  he  belongs   lias   not   arisen    iVoni   any  circumstance 

12  nn favorable  to  his  moral  or   religious  (:>haraelcr,.  or   on   account   of 

lo  jKhicli  it  may  be  inex])edient  to  admit   Lim    to   the.   exei'eise   of  thw 

J  t  ministry  in  this  Ckureh  ;  and  they  may  also  add  what   they  Iviio\<"  <n- 

15  believe,  pii- goodp-uthority,  of  the  circuniijtances  leading  to    the  said 

'IV)  ^k^re.  '  ,      . 

I  [2!]  If  the  Ecclesiastical  Au'tlwrity  shall*,  think  in-oper  lo  jiroree 
3 -the  person  ai^plpng  to  be  received  as  a  candidate  shall  product^  t' 
*  3  Uie  Standing  Committee  a  testimonial  fr<nn  at  least-,  twelve  menflKr^ 
i  of  the  denomination  from  wliich  be  comes,  or  twelve  meml>ersof 
5  the  Protestant  Episcopal  ("burelt,  or  iVelve  por:-on?,  in  part  of  the 
fi  denomination  from  Avhiehlie  come.s  and  in  port  Episcopg]ian!»,  satis- 
T  fhctory  to  the  Committee,  that  the  aijplicant  has,  for  three  years  la^t, 
i^  ]iast,  lived  piously^  soberjy  and  honestly  ^and  ajso  a  teetimoninl  from 

0  at  least  two  J-resbyfers  of  this  Cl)iircli,  that  tliey  believe  him  to  be 
Tt  plans,  sober  and  honest,  and  •sincescly  attached  to  the  docty^i'- 
]  1  discipline  and  ^-orship  of  the  ChurcTn  The  :^tanding  Committee. 
12  being  satisfied  on  these  points,  may  ivcommcndjnni  to  the  liishop  to 
lo  be  received  as  a  candidat6  for  Orders  in  .this  Cburch,  or  if  ^here  'b|* 
!4  no  Bishop  the  Standing  Committee  may  so  riiCeive  hinr.  ,      _  '  •' 

1  j  6.  |1.]  "When  a  person,  Jiot^;^  citizen  of  the  Confcdenitoi  Stales,  who 

2  has  been  acknowledged  .is  an  ordained  minister  in  n^\\'  denomit^alion  . 

3  of  Christians,  shall  ai)ply  to.'become  a  candidate    for  (.Vders   in  this 
'k  Church,  the  J')ishop  to  whom  application  is  made  shall  rfquire  of.him  • 

5  (in  addition  to  the  above  qualifications)  satisfactory  evidence  thai  he 

6  Mas  resided  at  leifst  one  ycai;  in  the  Confederate  States,   ])revions  to 

7  bi.s  apjdication.         .  .        .        ' 

1  [2.]    When  a  por.son,  not  a  citizeil  of  tlie  Confederate  >  Stale.-,    Avho 

2  has  been  ackhowlec^ed  as  aU  ordained  mini,ster  in  atiy  denomination 

3  of  Christians, "shall  a])ply  for  Orders  in  this  CJiurch  on  the  ground  of 
*\  ft  call  trt  a  Church  iiL which  divine  sc/vice  is  celebr:Ued  in   a'  foreign 

ft  language,  the.StftncJing  Committee   of  the    Dioccve   to   which   such 

f>  Church  belongs,  may,  on  sufficient  evidence    of  fitness   .according  t^ 

7  the  Canon.s,  and  by  a  unanimous  Vote  at  a   meeting   dnly.  convjened.    ■ 

«  recommend  him  to  the  JJisbop  for  Orders,  and  the  Bishop  may   then 

0  ordain  him,  and  ho.  may   be   settled,    .Ind   instituted    iiitt)   the    sjiid  " 

10  Church,  without  his  j)rodncing  a  testimonial  to   his  character  by   a 

12  clergyman  from  his  p(;rsonal   knowledge  of  him   for   one   yo.nr,  and 

1:J  Without  his  having  beea  a  year  resident  in  this  country,  .-inytbin^  in 

14  any  other  Canon  of  this  Church  to  the  contrary  jiotwilhsiandini' ; 
l.')  Proviilfd,  that,  in  boll  of  the.  above  .case:;,  the  por«on  apply inc-  pin- 
l'»  duee  a  certificate,  signed  by  at  least" four  res),>eclable  'members  ol   lhi<i 

17  Church,  that  they  hav«    satisfactory  reasons  to  believe  the   testimnni-  ,• 

15  als  to  his  religions,  moral  and  literary  qualrtication.s  to  be  entitled  to 
ly  full  credit. 

CANO^^  III. 


^ 


■*  0/  Admitted  Cqndidni^  /ovDcucoii'h  Ovdeft. 

1.*  The  Bishop,  or  other  Ecclesiastical  -Autliority  wIkil  may,  hAr 
heeupefintendencb  of  candidates  for  Deacon's  IDrders,  sli.-llf  take  care 


23,  J0UE::AL  of  the  GENEKAL  council.     .^[Sd  Day.  ^ 

■  •     .   "  '  •'    • 

3  that  tliev  pin  ne  their  Gtudier;  diligently  and  under  pro^:)er  direction, 
'  4  and  that  they  do  not^indulge  io  any  vain  or  {rifling  cbnduct.  or  i^,any 
.    5  amufsementa  mor>t  likely,  to  be  abused  to  lieentiousn(?ss,  or  .unfavorable 

6  to  'that  seriousness,   and  to  jhose  pious  and  studious  habit?!,   w.hich        ♦ 

7  becorhe  those  who  are  preparing  for  tlic  Holy  Ministry.  . '  *-\^  '  * 

1  §  S.  It  i"-  also  to' fee  made'kiiown  to  .every  candidate,  tlaa't the  Ohm-rh  • 

2  expects  of  hi'm,  what  never  can  be  brought  to  the  test  of  any  outward 

3  -standard — an  inward  fear  and  worship  of  Almi.glit,y  God,   a  loyi^of 

4  Ghrist,  a  sensibility  to  holy  influence?,   a  liabit'  of  devout   afliec'tiqn,    ,  ^ 

5  and,  in  short,  a  cultivation  of  all  those  graces  wliich  are  called  In»«, 
G  Scripture,  the  iVuits  of  t.he'Spirit.  nnd  by  which  alone  His  sacred-1u-" 

7  fluences  can  be  manifested.-  '  .    .  ■  .' 

1  3,3.  Mo  candidate  for  Deacon's 'Urders  sli^il  take  'upon   himself  lo   ■ 

2  perform  the  pvsblic  Service  of  the  Cliurcb,  but  by  a  license  from  the 

3  Bifehop,  or,  if  there  be  nb  Bishop,  fr^iai  the  clerical  )nembers  of  the 

4  Standing  Comniittee,  of  the.  Diocese.     A  ad  such  candidate  shall  sub-  ♦ 

5  mit  to  all  the  r!?gulatious  which  the  Bishop,  or  said  clerical  memberf',. 

<i  may  prescribe.     He  shall  not -use  the  absolution  or  beijediction  ;  be     ■ 

7  r;hall  not  ftgsixme  the.,  dress' appropriate   to 'clergj'men   ministering   in 

8  the  congregation;  he  shall  eonforin  Jo  the  directions  of  the  Bishpp,  or 

9  gfrid  clcric;il  inenibers,  as  to  the  sermons  or  homilies  -to  Ijc  ,r6ad  ;  nor  . 
10  Bhall  j^iiy ''Hch  Lay  Koader  deliver  sermoiis  of  his   dwft  composition, 
IJ.  but,  Viith  the  jtermission  of  the  Bisho])  of  the  Diocefcc   iu  **i'-hich    lie 

.12  is  a  candidate,  UKay  in/ike  addresses  oi-  exhortatiouii  to  such  con'^fega- 
]';3  tions  as- nuly  i)e  formed  outside- of  establi.^licd  parishes'.         '  .^  , 

1  -Off" 

1  ^i  4.  Ko  candidate /or  Ordexs  sliall  b&  ])et-uiltted  to^  accept 'froui  any  » 

'2  Diocesan  Council'an  appointment  as  a  i-ay  Deputy  to  the  House  of 
3  Deputies  of  tlie  General  Council.  "     t 

1  §  5.  A  Candidate  for  Deacon's  Orders  niay,_ou  letters  dismissory.l'roni 

2  the  EccleSiiastical  Authority  of  the  Diocese  to  jvhVch  ho  belongs,  #>e      , 

3  transferred  to  the  jurisdictiOn'of  any  Bisliop  il^  this  Church;    and  if 

4  there -be  a  Bisho])'of  tlie  Diocese,  where  the  candidate  resides,  lie  shall 

0  apply  to  ntf  other- Bishop  for  ordination,  without  the  permission  of  the 

6  former.     "    «  .•        ■  . 

1  §,0.  No  candidate  shall  change  his  canonical  residence  but  for  causes  * 

2  sufficient  in  the  Judgment  of  the   Ecclcsiastical*Authority  ;  nor  eh  all 

3  any  oaadidate  lieydismissed  l\-oni  the  Di.ooese  -in  which  he  Avas  adniit- 

g  «{•'■  ted,  or'tc>  which  he  has  been  duly  transferred,  for  the  convenience  of^       , 
5 'att(*!idii!g"any  theological  or  other  seminary.  .  • 

•   On  molionof  the  Rev.  Mr.  Trapier,  the  House  n nani- 

raously  adopted  j;lie  following,  to-wit :      '         '  '  ,.    •        ' 

WiiiEEBA?,  •  1  £  hath  pleased  Almighty  GOd  to  take  to  Himself  the  sotil 
of  Cur  Rev.  1- ather  William  Meade,  the  Diocesan  of  Virginia,  and  Senior 

."©iBhop  of  our  Church  in  the  ^Confederate.  States;  therefore — 

ResoTjied,  Thai  tlie  !Member3  of  tins  House  desire  to  place  on  its  Records   « 

.^n  expression  (f!"  their  high  sense  of  his  worth  as  a  man,  whoj  self-d6nying 
and  simple  in  his. -mode  of  life,  witli  the  Immble  faith  of  a  primitive 
Christian,  ha'd  tlit^com-age  of  a  martyr  in^saying  and  doing  always  v/hat 
he  thought  jiyjit;  yet,  with  a  nature,  -vvhioli,  how.cver  severe  against 
*(^ery  wron.g,  was  open  to  all  kindly  influences,  and  bent,  through  grace^'. 
on  living  to  the  glory  of  God  and  the  good  of  souls.  We  acknowledge 
gratefully  his   einiiient 'usefulness.     T/e  .lament  hi^  repioval •  from  14 


\ 


1862.]        •  nauSE  OF  DEPU-SriES.  23 

especially  at.  thfs  time.'  t^'o  wouUl  oninhile  the  examfle  fie  hi?  left 
113^  and  be  lollowers  of  hiipiis.  lit^  was  of  Clivfsti. 

Mr.  Allston  oft'ercd,  and  the  House  uiumimouslv  H<lc[^tod 
the  following,  to  wit : 

•  WiiKKEAs,  Diirlii};  the  session  of- Uu' Cieuerul  C'ouiwil  of  llic  i'roleslanti 
Episcopal  Cluiroh  in  the  City  of  Angusla,  it  is  the  desire  of  lhis'IIoii.*(»  to 
unite  witli  tlio  inhabitants  in  daily  prayer  for  the  sneeess  of  onr  .nnrt*' 
and  the  independence  of  tlnjse  Confederate  (St^itps;-  thei'omrft—'  » 

licsohcj^  That  at  the  honr  of  one  o'clock,  P.  }\£.  daily,  (tbo  h((;ir  iiifii 
c.Ued  by  the  ?tlnnit'ipal  antlvorltr,)  this  lloiiso;  wiUiont.  fnrliier  mot'ou, 
Uill  suspend  business,  and  its  members  Avill  unite  Aviih  the  Presidoirt''  in 
ittiering  up  ])rai'ci"to  Almitrhty  God  for.salety  and  deliverance  iVoiti  lli" 
power  of  onr -enemies. 

Rev.  Mr.  Clarke  moved  to  rccoiibitler  llic  vole  by  wliidi 
the  ilotise  resolved  to  adtait  certain  memberfi  of  tbc"  I'ui- 
marv  Convention  at  Columbia  lo  honoravv  seats  iir'1bi,> 
House.  ,  . 

On  motion  ol'  ^U'-  Battle,  said' motion, tb  ri,'con^ider  wa.- 
.laid  on  the  table.        .'         .'  '        ,  ••    '.'•"'      .  . '. , 

The  following  Messag-e Van  i»ce(4i\^(lfi-om'tlie  Iloutie  ol 
Bishops,  to-\vit:        '  *  •/        "    >•  . 

Mkssagi:  Xo.  4.  '         •  ,  * 

■'file  House  of  Bishops  infunas  th(3lluu<-u  cl*  he]i\!iics  that  it  ha^  ]as<-oil 
the  fyllowiug  Pesolntion !  •  *  '  '        '  . 

UewlrcJ^  That  so.nnich  ul"  iMessage  iS'o  '■)  a^  whites  to  a  recess,  and  t  lie 
hour  of  adjournment,  be  withdrawn,  and  that  the  Sc('5ret.ary  to  iillorni  the  , 
House  of  Dfputies. 

The  lionse  tlifii  took  froiii-tliv.'  lul)le  tlje  pi'oposed  Huh' 
of  Order,  No.  120.  ."'•••         .       ^.      •   ** 

.  On  motion  of  Mr.  VVWttle,  aaid  Knle'wus  amended  l.»^\- 
b'trikini;;  out  the  woi'<ls  ''and  sQc'ondcd  \iy  iinother,'.'  from  the 
sacond  line.  .  ,  ■•    •  •    '    , 

On  motion.of  Mr.  McCh-ady,  th'd"  ^\fo^d  '"thc^^c"  in  the 
third,  line  was  striekon ;  out;  and  the  wont  ."one"  was 
inserted. 

.Rule  20,  thus  amended,  was  adopted. 

•  On  motion  of  Mr.  Whittle,  the  House  prOooeded  tu  ihe 
consideration  of  the  Canons'reported  by  the  Committee  ou 
Canons.    '  .  •  ^ 

On  motioii,  llic  woi'd  •'the"  was  insci'ted  between  thr 
words  "pf"  and  "ecclesiastical,"  ih'tlie  captian  of  CanoJi  1. 

On  motion,  the  words  "pjiall  be""  in  the  tirst  line  of  ('anoii 
I,  were  stricken  out,  and  the  word  '"the"  aws  inserted,  and 
in  tha  second  Tme  the  word  "is,"  after  '.'committee,"  wa-^ 
stricken  out,  and  the  words  "shall  b.e"  were  inserted. 
.  On  motion  of  the  Rev^  Mr.  Mitclicll —  •    . 


24  JOURifAL  OF  THE  GENEK^L  COUNCIL.         f 3d  Day. 

'  -       '  •     .       '    .  *.     r*        •'• 

Eesoked,  the  House  of  Bishop'3;  concurring,  That  the  foUowhig  Canon- 
te  adopted,  to  wit : 

.  can6n  I- 

.  '  0/'  the  IfcdesiasticnJi  Autliorit'/. 

•  .  - 

The  EccksiaetTcal  Authority  of  each  Diocese  is  itsl  Bishop.  When 
there  is  no  Bishop,  the 'Standing  Committeo  shall  be  the  Ecclesiastical 
Authority  fyraH. pnrposesjdeclared  in^t}ie^e]Canon,5f. 

On  motion,  §  1,  Canon  II,  was  adopted. 

On  motion,  §  2,'  Canon  II,  ^vas  adopted. 
'  On  motion,  §  3,  Canon  II,. was  adopted. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.'Mr.  'Trapier,'  the  words  "  for  ad- 
mission" were  inserted  in  the  first  line  of  §  4,  Canon  II.,  Ke- 
tweeh'the  -rf^ords  '^  kpplied"  and  "  as,"  and  the  word  "admis-  »* 
eion"  was  stricken  out  of  the  second  line. , 

On  motion.)  §  4,  Canon   II.,  thus  amended,  was  adopted. 

On  motion  the  first  paragraph  ol'  §5,  Canon  II.,  was 
adoptej^.'^  ■.•%)»• 

0"n  m.otion,  the  second  paragraph  t)f  the  same*  section  was 
adopted.  ,    .'  -  ■ 

On^motion,  §■  5,  Canon  II.  was  adopted.  ^       ,    , 

On  motion,  the  first  paragraph  of  ^  6,  Canon  II.,  was  ,- 
adopted. 
.  On  motion,  tiie  second  paragraph  was  adopted. 

On  motion,  §  6,  Canon  II.,  was  adopted. 

On  motion-.-        ■  ' 

Eesolve'i,  the  House  of  Bishop?  concurring,-  That  tiiefollov.ing  Canon 
be  adopted,  to  -nit ;  I       • 

CAXOX  II.  ■  • 

Of  tJie  Admiss'ion  of  Persons  as  Candidqie$  for  T>€ocons'  OriJers. 

§  1.  Every  person,  who  desires  to  become  a  candidate  for  Holy  Orders 
m  this  Church,  shall,  in  the  first  instance,  give  notice  in  writing  of  thaf 
desire  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  to  whose  jurisdiction  he  bclo;igs;  ' 
in  which  notice  he  shall  declare  whether  he  has  ever  applied  for  admis- 
fiion^s  a  candidnte  in|any  other  Diocepe.     The  EcclGsiastieal  Authority 
may  consent  to,  his  applying  in  some  other  Diooesc.' 
-    §  3.  Tne  notice  aljove  required  having  been  given  to  the  Bis'uop,  if 
there  Jbe.oijo,  and  the  Bishop  having  signified  his  apjjrobation  in  writing, 
the- person  so  applying  .shall  send  the  said  certificate  in  aletter  addressed 
by  him  to  the  Pi'csident  or  "Secretary  of  the  Standing, Committee  of  the 
Diocese  of  the  said  Bishop;  whereupon  the  Standing  Coiijmittee  may,  il' 
they  see  fit,  testify  in  hi's  behalf  to  the^Bisliop,  that,  from  personal  knowl- 
edge, or  from  testimonials  laid  before  them,  they  bolieve  that. he  is  pious, 
sober  and  honest,  attac^hed  to  the  doctrine,  discipline  and  wprship  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  a  commnhiQant  of  tlie  same,  and  in  their 


#  • 


•  /. 

1865.1  •.'••♦     *  HOUSE  t).    DEPUTIES.         "  25 

opiiiinn  posst-sses  sucli  (lualilications.  ;i.i  will  rondor  liini  upl  .'iiul  lueot,  \o 
cxerrise  the  min'istrj  tQ  the  glory  of  God,  ;iiul  tlio  editynis:  of  the  Church  : 
mid  if  the  Standing  Ooinmittoe  Ciinnot  rertify  ;is  ahove  froiii  personal 
knowledge,  the  testimonials  laid  before  thcni  by  the  applicant  shall  be  of 
t!Ro  same  ]turport,  ;yid  as  fnll,  {?■?  the  I'ertiticate  above  required,  and  shall 
be  signed  by  at  least  one  Presbyter  and  four  rosijectable  layineu  of  the 
LVotestant  Episcopal  Ohiirch  in  flio  (.-onfedcrato  States. 
g  4^  3.  Theap])licant  sliall  transmit  the  certiticato  of  tho  Standing  Cojn- 
■  Ynitt.ce-  to  the  liishojv  who  may  thereupon  admit  the  person  as  a  candidate 
fi>r  Ifoly  Orders,  and  shall  record  the  same  in  a  book  to  be  kept  by  him 
for  that  puriKisc,  and  shall  notify  the 'candidate  of  such  record.  In  any  ■ 
hioceso  where  there  is  no  r>ishop,  the  Standing  Committee  may,  on  the 
same  conditions,  admit  the  person  as  a  candidate,  and  shall  make  record 
and  notification  in  the  sayje  maimer.  '        ^ 

*  ?  4.  No  i)ersou  \\  hohnsiireviously  applied  for  atlmissiouas  acandidale 
in  an.v  Diocese,  and  has  been  refused,  or,  having  been  admitted,  has  af- 
terwards ceased  to  be  a  candidate,  shall  be  admitted  as  a  candidate  in  any 
other  Di'fx-ese,  until  he  shall  have  produced  from  tlie  Ecclesiastical  An- 
(horit-y  of  the  former  l)iocesci  a  certiticate  declaring  the  cause  for  Avhich 
lie  was" roJ'uscd  admission,  or  for  which  he  ceased  to  be  a  caiulidato. 

;^  O-  [1-1.  ^yii-cii  .1  person,  who,  nt)t  having  had  Episcopal  Ordinatfoy. 
has  been  acknowlodgf'd'as  'au  ordained  minister  or  licentiate  in  any  de- 
iti*Vnin;Uion  l)f  Christians,  sliall  desire  to  be  ordained  in  ibis  Cliurch,  he 
shall  give  notice  thereof  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the  Diocese  in 
which  he  resides:  or,  if  he  reside  iu  a  State  or  Territory  in  which  there 
IS. noorg.'lnized  Diocese,  to. the  Missionary  Bisho])  "within  whose  Jurisdic- 
t  i(vii  he  cosides  ;  which  notice  shall  be  accompanied  bj  a  written  certificatec 
*jVom  at  least  two  Presbyters  of  thif»  C'liurch,  stating  that,  frojn  personal 
knowledge  of  the  applicant,  or  satisfactory  evidence  laid  before  them, 
lliey  believe  that  his  desire  'to  leave  the  denomination  to  which  he  be- 
lotigedhas  not  arisen  from  any  circumstance  unfavorable  to  his  moral  or 
religious  character,  or  on  account  of  whi^li  it  may  be  inexpedient  to  a^l- 
n;if,  him  to  the  exercise  of  the  ministry  in  this  Church;  and  they  may 
also  add  what,  they  know  or  IjelieTe,  on  good  authority,  of  the  circum- 
f*(ances  leading  to  the  said  desire..    ,  '^    \  ' 

('2.J  If  the  Eeclc^iasti.cdl  Autbority  sh^U  think  ])roi)er  to  proceed,  the 
ppi-son  .ipplying  to  be  received  as  a'cartdidate  shall  produce  to  the  Stand- 
ing'Committee  a  testimonial  from  at  least  twelve  members  of  the  de- 
nomination trom'X\hich  he  cor  ts,  or  twelve  members  of  the  Protestani 
I'-pisCopal  Church,  o/  twelve  person*  in  part  of  the  denomination  front 
.•which  he  comes  and  in  part  Episcopalians,  satislactory  to  the  Committee, 
that  the  appliratit  has,  for  three  years  last  past,  lived  piously,  soberly  and 
lioncstly;  and  also  a  testimonial  from  nt  least  two  Presbyters  of  this 
Ciuirch,  that,  they  l>elievc  him  to  be  pious,  sober  and  honest,  and  sincerely 

•  attached  (o  the  dootrine,  discipline  and  w'orship  of  the  Church.  The 
Standing  Coinmittce.  beinLi;  satislied  on  these  points,  may  recommend  him 
to  the  P>ishop  to  be  rc(  cived  as  a  candidate  for  Orders  in  this  Clmrch;  or, 

«  if  there  h'*  "f'  Hisho]),  il:e  Standing  ("ommittec  may  so  receiye  hin>. 

^  tl.  ^],|  When  a  ))erson,  not.  a  citizen  of  tlie  Confederate  States,  who 
lia  -  beet}  ackiiowle(1ged  as  an  ordained  mjnisti'r  in  any  denomination  of 

•  'liri^lians,  i^jall  ap]ily  to  become^  a  paydjdate  for  Orders  iu  this  t^hnrch. 
ifie  !>i^jg])  towlmm  ;i]iprieation.is  made'' shall  re(|uire  of  him  (in  addition 
l<>  f lie  ^)ove  (lualiticatioDs)  satisfactory  evidence  (hj^t  he  has  resided  fit 
jeitftone  yeav  in  the  Confederate  States,  pre v ions  to' his  application. 

*  l'3.]^\^"lien  a  pert^on,  ftot  a  citizen  of  the  Cbiifederate  St.ttes,   who  has 


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[4th  Day. 


lieen  ackuowlctlged    ;i,s  an   'ordained  miiiislor   in  any  denomination   of 
Christians,  shall  apply  tor  Orders  in  this  Church  on  the  ground  of  a  cajl    » 
lo  a  Church  in  ■which  divine  service  is  celebrated  ina  foreign  langu-ige, 
'l  he  Standing  Committee  of  the  Diocese  to  which  such  Church  belongs, 
ihflj',  on  sufficient  evidence  f>f  fitness  according  to  the  Canons,  and  by  a  . 
nnanitnous  vote  at  a  in'eeting  duly  convened,  recommend  him  to  the 
j^ishop  for  Orders,  and  the  Bishop  mny  then  ordain  him,  and  he  may  be 
settled,  and  instituted  into  the  said  Church,  Avithout  liis  producing  a  tes-< 
tiinonial  to  his  character  by  a  clergyman  from  hisiicrsonal  knowledge  of    t> 
him  for  one  year,  and  without  his  having  been  a  year  resident  in  •  this  *** 
country,  anything  in  any  other  Canon  of  this  Church  to  the  conti'ary 
notwithstanding:     Provided^  that,  in  botli  of  the  above  cases,  the  i)ersou  » 
applying  produce  a  certificate,s)gned  by  at  least .  tour  respectable  mem- 
bers of  this  Church,  that  they  have  isatisfactory  reasons  to  believe  the 
testimonials  to  hi-  religions,  moral  and  literary  (^lalitications  to  be  en- 
titled to  full  credit.  '  .  .  " 

On  motion,  the  word  "most"  was  'stricken  out  of  tliu 
liftli  line  of  §  1.  'Canon  III.,  and  the  said  §  1.,  thus  amend- 
ed, was  adopted.  .  ' 

On  motion  the  Secretary  v/as  ordered  to  inform  the  "House 
oi"  Bishops  of  the  adoption  by  this  House  of  Canon  I.  and 
II.;  and  after  prayer  by  the  President  the  House  adjourned 
till  to-morrow. 


I'OIKTH    DAY  ,S    SE;SSiON. 


•       •*  tST.  Paul's  Church,  "(, 

AuGfUSTA,  GrA.,  jSTov.  15th,  18ti2.      j 

The  House  met  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.        .  ■ ' 

Morning  Pra_yer  was  read  b}'  the  Rev.  Mi*.  Hasvks,  of  Cia.. 
and  the  Eev.  Mr.  Huske,  of  K.  C. 

Present,  as  before,  with  the  addition  of  tlie  Kev.  W.  W. 
Lord,  D.  D.,  from  the  Diocese  of  Mississippi. 

The  minutes  of  yesterday's  proceedings  \vere  read  and 
confirmed. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Crane  having  asked  to  be  .  excused  from 
serving  on  the  Committee  on  the  State  of  the  Church,  the 
Chair  appointed  the  Rev.  IJr.  Lord  in  his  place. 

The  Reports  of  the  Treasurers  of  Foreign  and  of  Domes- 
tic Missions  respectively,  'syere  received  and  referred  to  tlie 
Committee  on  Missions,  to  wit :  .       " 


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Ee]fo)'»ofE?.yfti,Tnv:.f^coT,»Eecciri,^     i(/eiii*for  Foj'iigh  Missions  of  the 
w  ' Frotesknii  £)v'sro}>,d  Vh^rch'i%,ih   '    niffiicratc States,  for  Ki^cej'fits  and^ 

■    9  Expenditinrsof  Alo'nicsfrom\)iLJ[li',    ISOl,  fo  IsO Korcmhrr  lSb2.       .   , 

.'ReocheJ  iVdin  llir  Diooe^^e  of  Virgini'i     .'.•.,•. .  .'.'*.  .,.■ $lt>i)   lu  _' 

;  ■#  ■  •   ••  '"•  .     of  "NortJi  CiiniliiKi. .  .'.  V -lopMi 

*>*  '•  ••  ■    "         of  Soiilli  (•nroliliu.  ;'. .♦■...  1116  57  " 

•  i-  ■'  •■         of.  (.'oorghV..:..  ....,-. 145  02 

•  ",        ^      ''  .",.     of- AlabaiTin.    ..,..  ^ '* a  7'^ 

"  *   •.,•*"  /•         of  Mif'si.'isiii'pi 1    •'(» 

*■  of  J.oui'oi;\iia ••       ^00 

»       

.  $5,791  '39 

nemittrd— 

•  Augw?t   !•'.',  tJci.    To"  Bishop  P.aoiV  t'liina  ; 

,  •  •  Rill  of  Banlc  of  (^liarieston,. 

»•  oil  ?>:iiik  of  .Liverpool XVO,  1  ',i;  0  -  $.'343  00 

p  '  To  Disbo])  Ta VI u',  Africa f>'.\    (',    «  -  363  »^rt 

.     ,    ,,  :•   Kev.  Jiif^.  II.  Hill,  Atbcng..      7,    o,  0—    31-11 

,     •  .  ■         •    •'■  Preuiiums  paid  on  tlio  above 71*  60 

•  •Say.A.  ]'^'C>\  "    r.ii^l,o[)  IXvnc,  Africa £45,    r),JO—  2oipo 

•  ••    I'reiiiiuni  oil  liie  above: 40  26 

•  •   ,-  ••    Posta!^os.....,...y ■  J^^y^ 

•  #r  ■•    i'>alV.noo  of  casli  in  naiul ;...lSol  oD^^^ 

•  .  .    ■  !^2,70139 

of  tlic  four  rouiitt.ancoM  al)ov^,  two  have  l)Ocn  acknowledged;  4.ho  hrt^l 
to  Uixhop  i'.oone,  and  Ihc  lirsf.  to  Bishop  Payne.     The  other  two  have 

•  not,,,viet  been  lieard  from.     In  conseiinence  of  the  very  high  rates  ot  ex-;  • 
change  ajid  the  increased  risk  of  transmission,  no  remittances  have  been 
'made.  • 

•  ♦    ''*  .(SijiiKMl.)         Ilr.NjiY  TiiE.scoT,  Jr/c/^^•/•'. -1/.  , 

•        ■      November  1^  1802.  *'  •  .  '   •       •      l«        *    •       ' 

•   •»  •-••♦.■•• 

Report  of  J.  K;  S.\Rs,  licteitiiui  Aflent  jor  JJomc.^i'ic  Missions  ni  the  1  ro- 
teiitaiht  .Episcopal  ChiircTl\  in/the- Confederate  States^  for  Receipts  and 
Expenditures  of  vwnieg,- from  Ut  Xoremhcr,  If^dV,  to  1st  Korcrnhcr. 
IStJa.  ■    '  ■►    .'  '  * 


*  Iveceived —  j^X'  * 

oWFiriniUH  . 


Pnuii  1  )ioeetic  oWPll•^^l^lH  .^ ■ ^"^^^^^  ^" 

Korth  Carolina 742  .93 

■         ■••  ■'•  t^onth  Carolina >.  ■  ■  ^^3  51 

*  •         .     -  (ieorgia....: <l"^l   '^ 

Tennessee ^''*j^" 

•  Alabama • 278^'' 

Texas.; •.*.'..; .■^ 59  25, 

Mississippi •  •••••       100 


^       •  $0548  45 


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*  •  •      • 

•  •     •  •        •   • 

28       '     JOUKNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.  [4th*bay.      •  • 

Paid—    .  '•». 

lit.  Kev.  Alox,  Cregg,  fur.  Missions  in  Texas $1000  ^r.*  , 

11.  C,  Lay  "  Arkansas./ 1218 '71 

J.  H.  Otey,  "  Tennessee fi77  05 

F.  n.  Kutlodgo.  "        .    Florida '.   50()  28 

Kev.  J.  D.  Easter,  ''  Rome,  Georgia 120  Do      ^ 

lit.  Ker.  W.  M.  Green.-  '^  "Mississippi .-..    10  00 

^      *  .     .  .      $3548  45 

The  larger  portion  of  the  funds  received  during  the  past  year  for  1  )u- 
mestic  Missions  'were  specially  designated  for  Bisliops  Lay  and  Gregg. 

In  distributing  the  funds  not  specially  designated,  reference  has  been 
had  to  the  extent  of  the  tield  in  each  Diocese,  a^jd  as  it  was  impossible 
for  the  Treasurer  to  make  n.  prff  r(tta  distribution  amongst  the  Mlssiona-  .* 

ries,  the  whole  amount  for  each  Diocese  has  been  paid  over  to  their   re-  .|* 

spective  Bishops  to  be  disbursed.  .  •  ,  • 

It  will  be  observed  that  the  receipts  h^vcbeen  himentably  insufficient* 
for  tlie  su])port  of  the  Bishops   and   Missionaries  dependent  upon  ttie*     '"     * 
otierings  of  the  Cliurch.     It  is  true  that  tlie  past  year  has  been  one  of 
sore  trial  to*  oTu-  people,  and  that  their  resources  have  been  severely  tax- 
ed by  their  praise \vo;"thy  exertions  in  belialf  of  our  gallant  soldiers,  whilst 
many  of  our  Parishes  have  been  laid  waste  and  impoverished  by  ifiva-«> 

.ding  armies.     But  ought  we  to  forget  those  self-denying  soldiers  of  the.' 
Cross  wjiose  salaries  are  at  all  times  insiithcient  for  the  support  of  tlieir       • 
families,  and  who  in  the  present  season  of  scarcity  and  high  prices,  have 
beeil  obliged  to  do  even  without  that  small  ])ittance.  ^ 

%>  Surely  the  Church  in  the  Confederate    States  ought   to.  conlrilmle  ^| 
$35,000  annually  to  Missions  Avithin  our  own  territory,  instead  of  $o,500. 
Let  us  not  forget  in  these  evil  days  the  Apostolic  precepts,  that  ''  the         * 

•l^ord  hath  ordained,  that  they  wlio  preach  the  Gospel  should  live  of  the,  • 
Gospel,"  and,   "  while  we  have  time,  let  us  do  good  unto  all  men  ;  aiid 
especially  unto  them  that  are  of  the  household  of  faith." 
\  ^  •.       J.  K.  Sass,-,   ,/  '    "      " 

♦       •     •        .  .  .  ,     •      Agent  Domestic  Missions. 

The  llov.  Dr.  Mason,  in  bchjilfot^  the  Joint  Commiltce  «• 
to  .prepare   liiiles  of  Order  for  the  intercourse  of  the  two    " 
Houses  reported  the  following : 

JOINT  RULES  OF  ORDER. 

1.  At  the  opening  of  the  Council,  the  Housff  of  Deputies,  after  organi- 
zing, shall  inform  the  House  of  Bishops  thaljfcey  have  elected  a  Presi- 
dent and  Secretary,  and  are  ready  tO  proceed  to  business  ;  and  the  House 
of  Bishops,  after  electing  a  Secretary,  shall  comnnuiicate  such  fact  to  the 
H9use  of  Deputies.  ■   •  '  •      . 

2.  Messages  may  be  conveyed  by  a  Conimittee  or  by  the  Secretary  of 
eitm  body.  The  Secretary  of  the  Body  to  which  such  message  iS  sent  ^  » 
shall  announce,  "  A  message  from  the  House  of  Bishops,",  or,  "A  mes- 
s«ge  from  the  Jlouse  of  Deputies ;"  whereupon,  proceedings  shall  l)e 
suspended  nntil  the  message  is  delivered  to  the.  President.  If  the  mes- 
sage be  in  writing,  the  Pi*esident  shall  order  it  to  l)e  read  by  the  Secre- 
tary, and  it  shall  then  be  laid  on  the  table,  subject  to  the  order  of  the  , 
Ho.use.  '     ♦  *  '       • 

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'1862.]     .        *   ,      'HOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.  "  '  •  fio 

^»  '  ,      •    •  •      ♦ 

3  At  Uie  close  of.  the  session,  tlie  IIouso  of  Deruties  shall  announce  to 
the  House  of  Bishops  that  they,  have  concluded  tlieir  business,  and  are 
ready  to  receive  the  Bishops.  The  House  of  JJishops  shall  then  desi^uato 
a  tune  at  whicvli  they  will  unite  with  the  House  of  Deputies  in  the°cou- 
.ludiiig  devotional  c^rcises,  and  read  the  Pastoral  Letter,  if  one  be 
issued.  ;  IV 

4.  Joint'Comniittecs,  nnffess  the  number  be  specified  in  the  Resolution 
under  which  they  are  appointed,  shall  consist  of  three  Bishops  and  live 
■     )eputies.     The  assent  of  a  majority  of  the  Bishops  and  a  majority  x)f  th^- 
I)eputtcs  of  the  Committee  shall  bo  necessarv  for  a  majority  report 
,  .     '      ■  •  -{Si^ed)  '        IIery  C.  Lav, 

.    •    ,    Chairman  of  Com.  of  Rome  of  nishopi. 
^      •    *  ,         il.  S.  Mason, 

^  Chairman  of  Com.  of'  House  of  Deputies. 

The  Committee  on  Canons  reported  for  tlie  consideration 
of  the  House  the  following-  proposed  Canons,  to  wit  ; 

CANON,  V.     {of  Title  11.) 
•  Vf  the  Modtof  SeeuMng  aio  Accurate  View  of  the  State  of  the  CJinrch. 

1  <J  1.  As  a  full  arid  accurate  view  of  the  state  of  the  Church,  from'time 

2  to  time   IS   hi,i?iily  useful   and  necessary,   it  is  herekv  ordered  that 
a  every  Minister  of  this  Church,  or  if  the  Parish  bo  vacant,  tiio  ^V-lI•dens 

4  shall  deliver,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  every  Diocesan  Council"  t(.  the . 

f.  Bishop  ot  the  Diocese,  or  where  there  is  no  Bishop,  to  the  President  of 
•    ti  tlie  Council,    a  statement  of  the  number  of  baptisms,  confirmations 

i   marriages  and   funerals,  and   of  the  number  of  communicants  in   bis 

N  I  arish  or  Churcli,  also  the  state  and  condition  of  the  Sunday  Schools 
.    y  in  his  Parish,  .ilso  of  the  amount  of  Communion  alms,  the  contribu 

0  turns    tor   Missious,    diocesan,    domestic   and   forfurei-n,    parochial 

1  schoo  s,  tor  Church  puriiosos  in  general,  and  of  all  other  matters  that 
12  mar  throw  light  on  the  state  of  the  s.am«.  And  (jverr  Clen^vman 
in  not  regularly  settled  in  any  Parish  cr  Church,  sliall  also  report  thj 
14  occasional  services  he  may  have  performed  ;  and,  if  lie  have  perform 
\o  ed  no  such  services,  the  causes  or  reasons  which  have  prevented  the 
ir.  same.     And  these  reports,  or  such  parts  of  them  aatho  Bishop  «haU 

<   think    lit,  may  be  read  in  Council,  and  shall  be  entered  on  the  jour 
rfh  nals  thereof.  .  .i  . 

1  ?  2    At  every  annual  Diocesan  Council,  the  Bishop  shall  deliver  an 

^  address,  stating  the  affairs  of  the  Diocese  since  the  last  ineetiu"  of  the 

.  :{  Council;  the  names  of  the  .Churches  which  ho  has  visited  •  iha  num? 

4  ber  of  persons  confirmed  ;  the  names  of  those  Nvho  have  been  received    " 
o  as  c.andidates  for  Orders,  and  of  thoso  who  have -been  ordained    sus- 

6  pencl«a   o.r  degraded;  the  changes   by  death,  removal,  ,.r  ..thenvise 
I.  winch  have  taken  place  .among  theClergy ;  and,  in  general,   all  mat' 

5  ters-tenduig  to  throw  light  on  tho  affairs  of  tUf  Diocese;  which  a.l- 
/>  dress  shall  be  inserted  on  the  journals.    '         • 

,1'    -^  :5.  The  Secretaries  of  the  several  Diocesan  C^juncils  slialf  forVanl 
^  U.  ■i^xi.'vy   General  Council    tU-  journ.als  of  the   dillen-nt   Dioces-M, 
n  Councils  since  the  last  (Jeiicml  Council,  together  with  such  other  ..a 
4  4.ers  as  ma.v^fen.T  t..  throw  li^'ht  on  the  Matcof  the  Church  in  e.aih  Di- 

6  ocese  viz:   I>iuscoi..al  charges,  .a<I.lr.esses  and  pastor. al  letter*:,  and  the^e 
^  U  sijall  be  presented  tofhe«ouseof  Dei.uties.    A^'omMitUesLaU  then  bo 

.   app.iinfed  to  draw  up' a  vievy  of  fho-.^rnte  of  the  CliurcL,  and  to  mulcc- 


>• 


30  JOITRls^AL  OF  THE  GENHRAT.  COUNCIL.         [4th_Dn7. 

8  report' to.  the  House  of  Deputies ;  whicli  report,  when  ixgreedto  ]>y 
0  •  the  said  House,  shall  be  sent  to  the  House  of  Bishops,  with  a  request, 

10  that  they  will  prepare  and  publisli  a   PastoraULetter  to  tlie  members 

11  of  tlie  Church.     When  any  such  letter  is  published,  every  Clergyman 

12  having  a  Pastoral  charge  shall  i cad  it  to  his  Congregation  on   soine, 
1"  occasio  1  of  public  worship. 

,  1  I  4.  The  Bishop  and  Standing  Committee  of  the  Churcli  in  e\ci'y 
2  Diocese,  or,  if  there  be  no  Bishop,  the  Standing  Committee  only, 
;]  shall  prepare,  previously  to  the  meeting  of  (>verj_  General  Council,  a 

4  condensed  report,  and  a  tabular  view  of  the  stat6  of  the  Ohurch.iy 
-■)  their  Diocese,  comprising  therein  a  summary  of  the  statistics  from  the 
r.  parochial  reports,  and  from  the  Bisho])'s  addresses,  specifying  tliL' 
7 -capital  and  proceeds  of  the  Epi::copa.  fund,  and  of  all  benevolent  and 

5  missionary  associations  of  Churchmen  v/ithin  the  Diocese,    for   thr 
'  !>  purpose  of  aiding  the   Committee  oh  the   state  of  the  Cliurch,    u|) 

10  pointed  by  the  House  of  Deputies,  in  drafting  tlieir  reports. 


■     -      CANON  iV.     (ofTifUI.) 
(hnertil  Provisions  and  Ecquisitcs  for  Ordination. 


i  1.  No  Bishop  shall  ordain  any  candidate  until  he  has   enquired  'of 
him  whether  he  has  ever,  directly  or   indirectly,,  applied   for   Holy 
irders  in  any  other  Diocese;,  and,  if  the  Bishop  has  reason  to  believe*  • 
lat.the  candidate  has  been  refused  Holy  Orders  in  any  other  Diooi«f, 


Ord 

tl 


5  he  shall  Vrite  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  thereof,  to  know  whetli 
B  any  just  c'ause  exists  why  the  candidate  should  not  be  ordained. 
T  When  any  Bishop  rejects  an  application  for  Holy  Orders,  he  shall  ini-* 
S  ■  mediately  give  notice  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  every  Diocese. 
1     ^2.  Deacons'  Orders  shall  not  be  conferred  on  any  person  nntil  lie 

•9  shall  be  twenty-one  years  old,  nor  Priests'  Orders  until  he  sliall  be 

.n  twenty-four  years  old.  ■ 

1  ^  o.  Every  candidate  for  Holy  Orders  who  ihay  be  recommended  by 

2  the  Standing'Coihmittee  of  any  Diocese  destitute  of  a  Bisliop,if  lie 
•  -"l  have  resided  for  the  greater  part  of  three  years  last  past  within*  1 1n- 

4.  Diocese  of  a  Bishop,  shall  apply  to  such  Bishop  for, ordination.  And 
5  such  candidate  shall  produce  the  usual  testimonials,  as  well  from  the 
♦{  Committee  of  the  Diocese  in  which  he  has  resided,  as  from  the  Com 
^  7  niitfcce  of  the  Diocese  for  which  ho  is  to  be  ordained. 
tl  •  S  4.  No  Bishop' of  this  Church  shall  ordain  any  person  to  oificiate- 
2  as  a  Priest  in  aijy  Congregation  or  Church  hot  under  Episcoi>al  super- 
;>  vi.sion,  and   situated  beyond   the  jurisdictfon  of  these   Confederate 

4  Stated,  until  lie  shall  have  received  from  liis  Standing  Committee  the 
5'  usual  testimony,  founded  upon  sutncient  evidence  of  the  soundnes's  in 
C)  the' faith,  and  of  the  ])ious  and  moral  character  of  the  applicant,  nor 
7 -until  he  has  been  examined  on  the  studies  prescril)ed  by  the  Canoift* 

5  of  this  Cluirch ;  and  .should  any  Clergyman,  so  ordained,  wish  there'- 
•ii  after  to  settle  in  any  congregation  of  this  Church,  he  must  obtain  a^ 

10  special  license. therefor  from  the  iVishop,  and  otiiciate  as  a  probationer ' 

11  for  at  least  one  year.  ■• 

1     §"  5.'  Agreeably  to  tlie  ])raetico  of  th^Pl-imitive  Clmrcli,  the.  stated  . 
^2  times  of  ordinatiofl  shall   be  on  the  Sundays  following  .th^;  Eiuber 
/3  weeks.     Special   ordinations  inay  be^held^at  such  other  times  as  the 

4  Bishop  may  appoint. 


• 


•  • 


1802.^  •    .  ITOrSE  OF  DEPFTTE!^.   •     ,    •  *  ^.1 

CANON  V. 
Examin(Vtipnt''and  Test imonidh for  Deacom'  Orderk  and  Ordination. 

1  §  1.  Ev.ery  person  hereafter  to  be  ordained  Deacon,  in  tliis  tlliurcli. 

2  shall  bo  e:^amincd  by  the  Bjshop  and  two  Presbyters,-  on  ^foral 
n  Philosophy  and  Rhetori(r,  the  Holy  Scriptures  and  the  Book  of  Coiii- 

4  ipon  Prayer,  and  they  shall  enquire  into  bis  fitnoss  for  the  ministra- 

5  tion  declared  in  the  Ordinal  tn  appertain  to  tlie  offioo  of  a  Deacon, 
5  and  h©  satisfied  thereof. 

I*  §.2.  If  any  ofliididato  for  Deacon's  Orders  shall  not.  witliiii  three 
*f  years  after  his  admission,  apply  to  be  ordained,  be  shall  erase  to  lie  a 
i\-  candidate,  unless  the  lUshop  see  tit  to  allow  longer  time.  >' 

1  j  ?,.  No  person  shall  be  ordained  Deacon  in  this  Church  until  he 
"3  -hall  haA'e  remained  a  candidate  for  llely  Orders  at  least.one  year, 
:;  and  until  he  shall  exhibit  to  the  P)ishoi)  testimonials  fnnn  the  Stqi^d- 
4r  ing  Oonuniftee  of  tlie  Diocese  for  which  he  is  to  be  ordained,  wiiich 
'"  •">  shall  be  ^ii^ued  by  a  majority  of  all  the  Committee,  the  Committee* 
,        n  ^eing  dujy  convened,"  and  which 'shall  be  in  thp  following  words'. 

•  1     "We,  whose  names  are-  hereunder  written,  testify  that  A.  B.  hath 

0  2  laid  b*^f<"'e  U'j  satisfactory   testilnonials,  that  for  the  s]iaco  of  throe 

,  '(.years  last  i)ast,  lie  hath  lived  piously,  solierly  and  honestly,- and  ha^h 

.     -t  ;iot  written,  tantrht  oi-  held  auythiiifc  contrary  to  the  doctrine  or  dis- 

•")  dpljne  of  the  Protestant  Ki>isco]ial  Church  in  the  Confederate  States; 

,         rt  and  nnn-eover,  wo  think  him  a  person  worthy  to  be  admitted  to  the 

•  *^  7  sacred  order  ot  Deacons.     In  Avitness  whereof,  we  have  hereunto  set 
.    ^     ^  OiMZ  Jiands^  t-liis  , (biy  n\'  — — - — i,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 

>  ^  ^.  But  beli)re,aStandiug  Cfflnnntteo  shall  proCeoft  to  rccommeml 
f  %  any  candidate,  as  afot-esai(l,  to  the  Bishop,  sueh  candidate  shall  jiro- 

•  0  duce  from  the  ^liiuster  and  Vestry  of  the  Parish  where  he  resides,  or 
.     ^  9^  from  the  Vestry  alone,  if  the  Parislf  1)0  vacant;  or,  if  there-be  no 

,    .">  VeMry,  fi-oni  at  least  six.  respectable  ])ersons  of  this  Church,  testimo- 

*  <■>  njalsnt"  Ji in  pjc't^r,  good  morals  and  orderly  fOndnct,  in  tbe'followin^- 

«   7. weirds:  -<••*• 

»•  •  •♦••"..♦ 

I*  .V>^e.  whose  names  are  luixMnukM-  w.ritten,  (To  testify  from  evidence 

!  i?  satisfactory  to  us,  that  A*.  B.,  for  the  space  of  three  years  last  ])ast, 

*  .o  Imtli  lived  ]>iously.  soberly  and  honestly,  and  luith  liot,  so  far  as  we 

4   Unow  (tr  belieTe,  written,  taught  or  lield   anything  contrary  to  the 

r>  doctrine  or  discipline  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Chuivli  in. the  Con 

I'l  federate  States;  and,  moreover,  we  think  him  a  person  worthy  to  In* 

,7  admitted  to  the    sacred  Order  of  Deacon*:.     In  witness  whereof,  AVe 

*  ^  havp  heremdo  set  onr  hands,  this r^—  day  pf .  in  the 

!t  \  ear  of  (mf  Ilprd -^ ■ -.''!  ,       " 

1  lie  f^iair  also  lay  ,beforo.  the  Standing  C!oijnnittce  testimonials  signed 
"!  liy  at  least  one  re?pe"fctable  I'rcshy'ter  of  tJiIs  Chnndi-,  which  testimo- 
;;  iit.als  shall  hd"  in  the  following  wordri :  '         •  , 

1  "  I  do  ocrtily  that  A.  B..  for  t!ie  s])!tc(>  uf  three  years  last  pask,  hiyii 

2.  lived  piiui^y,  stdjcrly  and  fioiiestly,  and  liath  not,  so  f-.w  as  I  khow  or 

'.  believe,  written,  taught  or  held  -anything  contrary  to  the  doetriin'  or 

4  discipline  nf    the   Protvstaiit   Epii^eopal   (Jliurch  in   the  Cotifedeiate 

■5  Sfate<:   and,  moreover,  1  thiid.  him   a   iierson  worthy  to  be  adnntted 


32  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.  r4th  Dav. 

.'•    •    "       ■        •  ;  ,.»'»' 

G  to  the  si\cred  Order  of  Deacons,   'This  testimonial  is  founded  9n  yiy  ^ 

7  personal  knowledge  of  tli^  said  A.  B.  for  one  year  last  past,  aiid  for 

8  the  residue  of  the  said  time  upon  evidence  tlVat  is  satisfactory  to  uie.  * 

9  In  witness  whereof,  I  have  licreunto  set  my  hand,  this day'of     •  ' 

10 ,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord ^," 

1  S  5.  But  in  case  a  candidate,  from  some  peculiar  circumstances  not 

2  affecting  his  pious  or  moral  charaicter,  shall  be  unable  to  procure  tes- 
o  timonials  from  the  Minister  and  Vestry  of  the  Parish  wlierein  lie 

4  resides,  the  Standing  Committee  may  accept  testimonials  of  thte  pur-' 

5  ])ort  above  stated,   from  at  least  twelve   respectable  members,   and 
T)  from  at  least  one  respectable  Presbyter  of  this  Church,  Avhich  la;4 

7  has  'been  perst)nally  acquainted  with  the  candidate  for  at  least  one 

8  year. 

'1     f  6.  Candidates  who,  not  having  Episcopal   ordination,  have  been 
2  acknowledged  as  ordained  or  licensed  ministers  in  any  denomination 

0  of  Christians,  may,  at  the  expiration  of  not  less  than  six  months  from        .  j 
+  their  admission  as  candidates,  be  ordained  Deacons,  pn  their  ])assing 

5  the  same  examinations'as  other  candidates  for 'Deacons''  Orders,  an(^,^       , 
r>  in  the  examinations,  special  regard  shall  be  h;ul  to  those  points  in 

1  which  the  denomination  whence  tliey  came  ditiers  from  this  Church,    • 

8  with  a  view  of  testing  their  information  and  soundness  in  the  same;         • 

9  and,  also,  of  ascertaining  that  they  are  adequately  ac(iuainted  with        ^ 

10  the  Liturgy  and  Ottices  of  this  Church  :  Provided,  That  in  their  jcase        , 

11  the  testimonials  shall  be  required  to  cover  only  the   time  since  theiij. 

12  admission  as  candidates  for  lloly  O.rders.  ■  ,     ;' 

1  ^  7*.  When  any  person,  not  a  citizen  of  the  Confederate  States,  svlio     • 

2  lias  been  acknowledged- as  an  ordained  or  licensed  minister  in  any    • 

8  denbmination  of  Christiaift,  shall  apply  for  orders  inthis  Cliurch,  tb'^    «* 

4  Bishop,  to  wliom  the  apjdication  is  made,  shall  require  of  him  (in  acl 

5  dit,idn  to  the  above  qualifications)  satisfactory  evidence  that  he  lia-: 

ti  resided  at  least  one  year  in   tlie  Confedea'Ate,  Stat-es,  previous  t6>  bio      . 
1  application.  i  '*    ■    . 

•  '   /  i 

CANON.  YL  ■ 

Of  Deacoiiii. 

1  I  1.  Every  Deacon  shall  be  subject  to  the  regulation  of  the  Bishop, 

2  or,  if  there   be  no  Bishop, of  the  clerical   members  of  tlie  Standinf^ 

3  Committtee  of  the  Diocese  for  which  he  is  ordained,  until  he  reeeiv^"'  , 

4  letters  dimissory  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  some  other.  Diu- 

5  cese  and   be  thereupon  i-eceiyed.as  a  Clergyman  of  such  other  Diu- 

6  cese;  and  he  shall  otficiate  in  such  places  as  th^  Bishop,  or  the  said 

7  clerical  members,  may  dh-ect.  ^ 

1  §     2.  No  Deacon  shall  be  settled  over  a. Parish  or  a  Congregatioir, 

2  nor  shall  any  Deacon  officiate  in  any  Parish 'or  Con*:regation  witb- 

0  out  the   express  consent   of  the  Rector  for  tlie   time  being,  Avhere  • 

4  there  is  a  Rector;  nor  in  any  case  without  the  assent  of  the  Bishop; 

5  and  when  ofliciating  in  the  Parish  or  Congregation  of  a  Rector,  he    ' 
tt  shall  be  entirely  subject  to  the  direction df  such   Rector  in   all   hi^ 

7  ministrations. 

1  §3.  No  Deacon  shall  be  transferrefl  to  another  Diocese  without 

2  the  written  request  of  the  Bishop,  to-whose  jurisdiction  he  is  to  be 

3  transferred.  .  '    '       *  ,  i 

♦         '■  .  • 


1862.T  HOUSE  OF  DEPUHHS.  s:4 " 

CANON  VII. 

Oidi/uition  fo  the  PricxfhooJ. 

1  5  1.  Wlionevcr   a   Deacon   shall  dotorniino  to    procoed  to     IVie^t^' 

2  Orders,  he  shall  jrive  to  the  Bisho])  written  notico  of  snch  intention  ; 

3  wherenpon  the  Bishop  shall  ^record  tli<>  notice  in  a  hook  to  Ise  kept  i)y 

4  him  for  this  i)urpose,  and  shall  appoint  and  direct  the  studio?!  of  tlio 

5  Deacon  accordingly. 

1     ^2.  Every  Deacon  desiring  to  receive   Priests'  Orders   shall    st^md 

^3  three  diftorent  examinations,- at  such  times  and  places  as  tlie  Bishop, 

8  to  whom  he  applies  for  Holy    Orders,    shall    appoint.    The  Oisamina- 

4  tion  shall  take  place  in  the  ])resence  of  the  Jiisiio]j  and  two  or  inoro 

5  Preshyters.  The  first  examination  shall  be  on  the  books  of  Scripture, 
rt  the  candidate  being  re(]nired  to  give  an  account  of  the  diiierent  books 

7  to  translate  from  the  original  (rrcek  and  Hebrew,  and  to  explain  such 

8  passages  as  may  be  proposed  to  him.     The  second  examination   shaU' 

0  be  on  the  evidences  of  Christianity  and  Systematic  Divinity,  and  the 

10  last  examination  shall  be  on  Church  History,  Ecclesiastical  Polity, 

11  the  Book  of  Common   Prayer,  and  the  Constitution   and  Canons  of 

12  the  Church,  and  of  the  Diocese  for  which  he  is  to  be  ordained,  lie 
.18  shall  be  examined  also  as  to  his  knowledge   of  the  Latin  tongue,  and 

14  of  such  studies  as  the  Bishop  shall  have  proscribed  for  him.     At  each 

15  of  the  forementioned  examinations  he  shall  produce  and  road  a  '^er- 
IG  mon  or  discourse,  composed  by  liimself,  on  some  passage  of  Scrijjture, 

17  i)reviously  assigned  to  him,  which,  together  with  two  other  sermons 

18  or  discourses  on  "some  passage  or  passages  of  Scripture  ticlected  t)y 

19  liimself,  shnll  be  submitted  to  the  criticisms  of  the  Bishop  and  clergy 

20  present ;  and,  before  his  ordination,  he  shall  be  re<]uire(l  to  perform 
31  such  exercises  in  reading,  in  the  ])resence  of  the  Bishop  and  clergy,  a-> 
22  may  enable  them  to  givo  him  such  advice  and  instructions  as  juay  aid 
33  him  in  performing  the  services  of  the  Church,  and  delivering  his  scr- 
2-i  mons  with  })ropriety  and  devotion. 

1  ^  '.",.  When  a  Deacon,  applyinjr  to  be  admitted   to  'Priests'    Orders. 

3  wi.^iies  the  knowledge  of  the  Latin,  Greek  and  Hel)row  languages, 
•i  and  other  branches  of  learning  not  strictly  ecclesiastical,    to  be   dis- 

4  pensed  witli,  the  Standing  Committee  >hall  not  reconuuend^hinv  for 

5  Priests'  Orders  until  he  shajl  have  laid  iiofore  them  a  testimouijil 
Ct  signed  by  at  least  two  Presbyters  of  this  Church,  stating,  tliat,  in  their 

7  opinicji^he  possesses  extraordinary  strength  of  natural  understanding, 

8  alpec^Rr  a])titude  to  teach,  and  a  large  share  of  prudence  ;  and  tliu 
■  9  Bishopi  with  the  consent  of  the  Standing  Committee,  shall  have 
10  granted  the  dispensation.  But  in  regard  to  a  ktiowledire  of  the  He- 
ll brew  language,  the  Bishop  shall  liave  the  sole  power  of  dispensation. 

1  ?  4.  Jn  a  Diocese  where  there  is  no  Bishop,  the  Deacon  shall  bo  ex- 

2  amined  by  the  Bishop  to  whom  he  applies  for  Holy  Orders,  and  by 
;{  two  or  more  Presbyters  ap])ointed  for  that  purpose  by  the  said  Bishf»j». 

1  ^  T).  No  person  shall  ye  ordained  a  Priest  in   tliis  Churcli    until    he 

2  shall  have  exhibited  to  the  Bishop  testimonials  from  the  Stainfuig 
?5  Committee  of  the  Diocese  for  which   ho   is  to    be   ordained,    which 

4  testimonials  shall  be  signed  with  the  names  of  a  majority  of  all  th-.': 

5  (■ommittee,  the  Committee  being  duly  convened,  and  shall  1^  in  fho 

6  following  words:  '  v 

1  ."We,  whose  names  are  umler-writton,  members  of  tho*Stnnding 
a  Committee  of  the  Dioc«86  of ,  d«  testify  that  th«  Pk^y'd 

.8^  ■         •    .'  . 


34  JOURNAL  OF  TEE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.         [4tli  Day. 

u  A.  B.,  Deacon,  hath  laid  before  us  satisfactory  testimonials,  that  for 

4  the -space  of  three  years  last  past,  he  hath  lived  piously,   soberly  and 

5  honestly,  and  hath  not  written,  taught  or  held  anything   contrary  to 

6  the  doctrine  or  discipline  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 

7  Confederate  States ;  and,  moreover,  we  think  him  a  person  worthy  to. 

8  be  admitted  to  the  sacred  Order  of  Priests.     In  witness  whereof,  we 

9  have  hereunto  set  our  hands  this ■ day  of —, 

30  in  tlie  year  of  our  Lord  i— ." 

1  But  before  the  Standing  Committee  shall  proceed  to  recommend  any 

2  Deacon,  as  aforesaid,  to  the  Bishop,  such  Deacon  shall  produce  from 
8  the  Minister  and  Vestry  of  the  Parish  where  he  resides,  or,  if  tlie ' 

4  Parish  be  vacant,  from  tlie   Vesti-y  alone,  testimonials  of  his  piety, 

5  good  morals  and  orderly  conduct,  in  the  foUow^ing  words: 

1  "  We,  whose  names  are  hereunder  w'ritten,  do  testify  that  the,Rev'd 
,2  A.  B.,  Deacon,  liath,  for  the  space  of  three  years  last  past,  lived  pi- 
8  ou4ly,  soberly,  and  honestly,  and  hutli  not,  so  far  as  we  know  or  be- 
4  lieve,   written,  taught  or  iield  anything  contrary  to  the  doctrine  or 

6  di;  cipline  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal   Church   in  the   (Confederate 

6  States ;  and,  moreover,  we  think  him  a  person  worthy  to  i^e  admitted 
V  to  the  sacred  Order  of  Priests.     In  witness  wliercof,  we  havs  hereunto 

8  set  our  hands  this day  of ,  in  tlic  year  of  our 

.  y  Lord — ."  ■  .  • 

1  He  shall  also  lay  before  the  Standing  Committee  testimonials  signed 

2  by  at  least  one  respectable  Presbyter  of  this  Cbiirch  in  the  following 

3  form  : 

i     '*  I  do  certify,  that  the  Rev'd  A.  B.,  Deacon,  has,  for  the  space  of 

2  three  years  lust  past,   lived  piously,  soberly,  and  hoTiestly,  and  has 

3  not,  so  far  as  1  know  or  believe,  written,  taught  or  lield  anything  con- 

4  trary  to  the  doctrine  or  discipline  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Cliurch 
r»  in  tlie  Confederate  States:  and,  moreover,  1  think  him  a  person 
r»  worthy  to  be  admitted  to  the  sacred  Order  of  Priests.     This  testi- 

7  monial  is  foimded  on  my  personal  knowledge  of  the  said  Rev'd  A.  B., ' 
,   8  Deacon,  for  one  year  last  past,  and  for  the  residue  of  the  said  time 

9  upon  evidence  that  is  satisfactory  to  me.     In  witness  whereof,  I  have 

10  hereunto  set  my,  hand  this day  of ,  in  the 

11  year  of  our  Lord ."' 

1  ?0.  ]>ut  ii)  Qase  an  applicant  for  priests"  Orders  shall,  from  peculia;' 
'i  oircuiHstances,  not  atleetiug  his  pious  or  moral  character,   be  unable 

0  to  ])rocure  testimonials  from,  the  ^linister  and  Vestry  of  the  Parisii 

4  where  be  resides,  or  in  case  of  there  being  no  Vestrv,  Wie  Standing 
i)  (\unmittce  may  accept  testimonials  of  the  purport  above  stated  frxjm 
ff  at  least  twelve  respectable  members,  and  from  at  least  one  respectable 
7  Presbyter  of  this  Cbtirch,   who  lias  been  jiersonally  acquainted  with 

5  the  candidate  for  at  least  one  year. 

C.\NOXVIIL 

•Or'  flie  A(i')ij!s.''i'y/i  of  MinisterK  Ordained  l»j  Bishops  not   in  ^'omnvnion 
irith  this  Chv.rch.  ■  * 

1  When  a  Deacon  or  Priest,  ordained  by  a  Bishop  not  in  communion 
'1  with  this  Church,  shall  api)ly  to  a  Bishop  for  admission  into  the  same 

3  as  {i  minister  thereof,  he  shall  produce  a  written    certificate  from  at 

4  least  two  Presbyters  of  this  Church,  statnigthat,  from  personal  inowl 

5  e.dga  of  him.  or  satisfactory  evidence  laid  before  them,    thfy  believe  , 


1862.J 


HOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.  «-5 


ft  that  his  desire  to  leave  the  communion  to  which  ho  ha^  belcmged  lias 

7  not  arisen  from  any  circumstances  unfavorable  to  his  moral  or  reh- 

8  ffions  character,  or  on  account  of  which  it  may  he  inexpediont  to  ac  - 

»  mit;  him  tio  the  exercise  of  the  ministry  in  this  Cliiii-ch  ;  and  he   shall    • 

10  also  not  less  than  six  months  after  his  application,  in  tlie  presence  ot,  • 

1 1  the  Bishop  and  two  or  more  Presbyters,,  subscribe  the  declaration, con- 
1"  tained  in  Article   IX.    of  the   Constitution;   which  being  done,  th« 
{■)  Bishop,  being  satisfied  of  his  theological  ac<iuiremeuts,  ma?   receive,- 
14  him  as  such  minister. 

.CAXON  IX. 

0/ Ministers  Ordained  In  Foreign  Countries  ht/  P.ishopx  In  r,v»»}ur,lov 
'icith  this  ChurcJi. 

1  ^  I.  A  clergyman  coiuing  from  a  foreign  country,  and  in-niossiiifi'  to 

2  have  been  ordained  out  of  the  Confederate  States  by  a  forciixn  Bishop 

3  in  coiumi;nion  with  this  Church,   or  by  a  Bishop  consecrated  for  a 

4  foreign  country  by  Bishops  of  this  Church  under  Article  XL  ot  the'    . 

6  Constitution,  or  by  a  Missionary  Bishop  elected  to  exercise  Episcopal 
fi  functions  in  any  place  or  places  out  of  the  Confederate  States,  sliall, 

7  before  he  be  permitted  to  officiate  in  a-ny  Parish  or  Congregation,  ex- 

8  hibit  to  the  Minister,  or,  if  there  be  no  Minister,  to  tlie  Vestry  thereof, 
y- a  certificate  signed  by  the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese,  or,  it  there  be  iw 

'lO  Bishop,  by  the  Standing  Committee  duly  convened,  that  Ins  letters  ot 

11  Holy  Orders  are  authentic,  and  given  by  some  Bisiiop  in  communion 

12  with  this   Church,    and   whose   authority   is  acknowledged  by   this 
la  Church  ;  and,  also,  that  he  has  exhibited  to  the  Bishop  or  Standing 

14  Committee  satisfactory  evidence  of  his  pious  and  moral  character,  and 

15  of  his  theological  acquirements  ;  and,  in  any  case,  before  be  shall.be    , 
If,  permitted  to  settle  in  any  Church  or  Parish,  or  be  received  into  union 

17  with  any  Diocese  of  this  Church  as  a  minister  thereof,  he  shall  pro-" 

18  duce  to  "the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  thereof,  letters  dimissi  ry  under 

19  the  hand  and  s^l  of  t'.e  Bishop  with  whose  JJiocese  he  has  been  last 

20  connected;  Avhich  letters  shall  be,  in  substance,  those  provided  tor  in 

21  Section  7  of  Canon  11.  of  Title  II.,  and  shall  be  delivered  within  si^ 
■~)2  months  from  the  date  thereof;  and  when  such  clergyman  sliall  havv 

23  been  so  received,  he  shall  be  considered  as  having  passed  entircl>    . 
24:  from  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Bishop  from  whom  the  lettei-^  dnnisdorv 

25  were  brought,  to  the  full  jurisdiction  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Authori  \ 

26  by  whom  they  shall  have  been  accepted,  and  become  thereby  subjeci. 

27  to  all  the  canonical  pro»isionsof  this  Charch:' Prodded,  that  no  such 

28  clero'yman  shall  be  so  received  into  union  with  any  Diocese  until  he 

29  shall  have  subscribed,  in  the  pi'esencc  of  the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  in 
:]0  which  he  applies  for  reception,  and  of  two  or  more  Presbyters,  the 
lU  declaration  contained  in  Article  IX.  of  the  Constitution  ;  which  being 
n2  done,  said  Bishop  or  Standing  Committee,  being  satisfied  of  Ins  ibou- 
;:i3  logical  acquirements,  may  receive  him  into  nuiou  with  this  Churcli 
84  as  a  minister  of  the  same  :  rroclded,  oho,  that  such  minister  shall  not 

35  be  entitled  to  settle  in  anv  Parish  or  Church,  ascaiioiiically  in  chargt*  • 

36  of  the  same,  until  ho  shall,  subsequently  to  the  acceptance  ot   Ins  let- 

37  ters  diinissorv,  have  resided  one  year  in  the  Confederate  ^l^^tf^-'. 

1  <J  2    And  if'such  foreign  clergyman  be  a  Deacon,  he  shall  obtain   m 

2  this  country  the  re(iuisite  testimonials  of  character,  befor«  li»  be.  o;- 
S  dained  a  Prient. 


% 


•  * 

.'in  .  JOURNAT>  or  THE  UEKERAL  COUN'CIL.         f4tli  Day. 

The  following  Resolations,  offered  by  the  Ke v.  Dr..  Peter- 
kin  and  seconded  by  the  Hon..  Jno.  D.  Phelan,  were  unani- 
mously adopted,  to  wit : 

Whereas,  it  has  pleased  Almighty  God  in  His  wise  Providence  to  take 
'out  of  this  Avorld  the  sonl  of  our  Rev.  Father,  Nicholas  Hamner  Cobbs, 
1).  D.,  late  Bishop  of  tlie  Diocese  of  Alabama  ;  and,  whereas,  althougrh 
that  sad  event  occnrrrd  nearly  two  years  ago,  and  the  vacant  Diocese  has, 
nince  been  happily  sn])plied  with  Episcopal  su])ervision,  the  present  is  the 
tirst  duly  organized  Cdnncil  of  the  Church  in  the  Confederate  States  since 
that  bereavement,  we  desire  to  ]»]ace  nponvccord  some  notice  of  our  own 
loss  and  of  the  eminent  worth  of  our  departed  Fiither.     Therefore,  be  it  , 

liesohed,  1.  That  in  tlie  death  of  Bishop  Cobbs,  the  Churcli  at  large, 
as  well  as  the  Diocese  of  Alabama,  has  sustained  a  bereavement  of  n(j 
ordinary  magnitude.  "     '  ... 

2.  Tliat  Av*.  Hinoerelj  syiupatliise  with  the  Diocese  of  Alabama  in  the 
"heavy. aJtliction  it  has  suffered  in  the  death -of  its  lirst  Bishop.  . 

3.  That  we  cherish,  as  a   valued  legacy,  the  memory  of  the  departed     , 
Bishop;  his  humility  ;  liis  gentle  and  l»ving  disposition;  bis  untiring  fi-' 
<lelity  and  devotion  to  liis  work :  and  that,  in  his  case,  ivc  say  Avith  om- 
[►hasisi,   •'  Blessed  are  the  dead  who  die  in  the  Lord, — for  they  rest  from 
their  labors.*' 

The  following  Messages  were  received  from  the  House  of 
Biphopti,  to  wit: 

Messaou  No.  5. 
>     The   House  of  Bishops  inibrms  the  Honse   of  Deputies,  that   it   has 
adopted  the  Joint  Kules  of  Order  reported  by  the  Joint  Committee  to 
prepare  Joint  Kules  of  Order  ttr  regulate  the   intopcourse  of  the  two  » 
Houses.  .^         • 

MESSAfiT.  No.   6.  •     ' 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  tlje  Jlouse  of  DcputlP,  that  it  has  adopted 
Canon  1.  and  Canon  II.,  as  conveyed  to  this  House  in  Messages  No.  4  and  f 
5  from  the  House  of  Deputies.   .. 

Leave  of  absence  after  to-day  was  granted  to  Messrs.    , 
.\5ontgomery  and  Whittle. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Williams,  the  Rules  of  Order 
w'cre  suspended  i»  order  to  take  up  tlie  Canon  first  report- 
ed by  the  Committee  on  Canons  thiffmorning,  entitled  "Of 
the  mode  of  socunng  nu  accurate  view  of  the  state  of  the 
Chnrch."    .  . 

On  motion  -,  • 

jfiesohe<f,  the  lltMiM^  of  l>i>hop^  coni'iirrinL'.  That  the  followinaf  Canon 
be  Jijloptecj,  to  wii  : 


0/  fhc  Jifode  oj  Scrurirrj  an  Accurate  ]'kir  oj  the  State  oj  the  Chorcli.' 

§  1.  Asa  full  Hud  aoeuVaie  view  of  the  state  of  the  Church,  from  time 
to  lime,  in  highly  useful  and  necessary,  it  is  hereby  ordered  that  every 
Hin-ster  of  this  Church,  or  jf  the  Parij;Ji  be  vacant^  the.  Wardens, '  shall 
deliver,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  every  Diocesan  Coiyicil,  to   the 


1862.]  HOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.  *•         -7 

WiAou  uf  the  DioceK-,  ur  where  there  is  no  Bishop,  to  the  President  of 
the  Council,  a  statement  of  the  number  of  baptisms,  confimiationp,  mar- 
riages and  funerals,  and  of  the  nmnbcr-of  communicants  in  his  Parish.or 
Church,  al?o  the  state  and  condition  of  the  Sunday  Schools  in  his  Parish, 
also  of  the  amount  of  (he  Communion  alms,  th6  contributions  for  Mis- 
sions diocesan,  domestic  and  foreign,-  for  ])avochial  schools,  for  Church 
l.nrposcs  in  general,  and  of  all  other  matters  that  may  throw  lighten  the 
^tate  of  the  same.  .\nd  everv  Clergyman,  not  veguUirly  settled  in  any 
Pnnshor  Church,  sh.all  also'  report.the  occasional  sc;rvice8  he  may  have 
performed  ;  and,  if  ho  have  performed  no  such  services,  the  causes  m- 
n-eas6ns  which  have  ])revented  the  same. .  ^nd  these  report.',  or  such  parts 
of  them  as  the  Bishoi)  shall  think  fit,  may  he  read  m  Council,  and  shall  . 
be  entered  on  the  journals  t^iercqf.       •  , 

■  ;^  2.  At  everv  anhuid  Diocesfin  Conncil,  the  Bisltop  shall  deliver  an 
ad«iress,  stating-  the  atfairs  of  the  Diocefte  since  the  last  meeting  of  the 
Council ;  the  names  of  .the  Churehe »  Avhich  he  ^iqs  visited  ;  the  number 
of  l)ersons  coutirmvd;  the  iiamC^  of  those  who  have  been  received  as 
candidates  for  Orders,  and  of  thosSwho  hare  been  ordaiired,  suspended, 
or  decraded  ;  the  changes  bv  death,  remov.al,  or  otherwise,  wlm-h  have 
takeindace  among  the  Clergy  ;  and,  in  general,  all  matters  tendmg  .to 
throw  light  on  the  allairs  of  the  T)ioce<e.  which  address  shall  be  inser- 
ted on  the  journ.als. 

^  8.  The  Secretaries  of  the  several  Diocesan  Councils  shall  fnruard  to 
■evwv"  General  Council,-  the  journals  of  the  ditiiirent  Dfocesuu  Coiincih 
since  the  last  General  Council,  together  with  such  other  papers  aai  may 
tend  to  throw  light  on  the  state  of  the  Church  in  each  Diocese,  viz:-- - 
Episcopal  charses,  addresses  and  pastoral  letters,  and  these  sliall  be  present- 
ed to  the  House  of  J>eputies.  A  Committee  sjiall  then  be  appointed  to  draw 
up  a  vieAv  of  the  state  of  the  (.'hurch,  and  to  make  report  to  the  House  ol 
Deimtics;  which  report,  when  agreed  to  by  the  said  House,  shall  besent 
to  tlie  House  of  Bishops,  with  a  rcciuest.  that  they  will  prepare  and  pub- 
lish a  Pastoral  Letter  to  the  members  of  the  Church.  When  .any  such 
letter  is  published,  every  Clergyman  having  a  Pastoral  charge  shall  read 
it  to  his  Conirregation  on  some  occasion  of  public  worship. 
.  §  4.  The  Bishop  and  Standing  Committee  of  the  Ciiurch  in  every  Dp-, 
ecse,  or,  if  there  be  no  Bishop,  the  Standing  Committee  only,  sh.all  pre- 
]. are,  previously  to  the  meeting  of  every  General  Council,  a  condensed 
report,  and  a  tabular  view  of  "the  state  of  the  Church  in  their  Dioc(^sc, 
(•om])rising  therein  a  summary  of  the  statistics  from  the  parochial  reports, 
and  from  the  Bishop's  addresses,  sjiecifying  the  capital  and  prpcceds  of 
the  Ei)iscopal  fund,  and  of  all  benevolent  and  missionary  associations  ol 
.  Churelniien  within  the  Diocese,  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  the  Committee, 
on  the  state  of  the  CImrch,  appointed  by  the  House  of  Deputies,  in  draft- 
ing their  reports.    •  ^«-  , 

C).r(fem/'  That  the  hjecretary  convey  said  Canon  "(o  the 
Ilotise  of  Bishops. 

The  Order  of  the  Day  bei-ng  Uie  further  eoiif^ideriiXK 

■  Canon  III,  oh  motion,  §  2  ot  said  Canon  was  adopted. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Whittle,  all  after  the  word  .'•  compo- 
sition" in  the  10th  line  of  §  3,  Canon  ill,  was  stricken  out, 
and  the  followinc;  wordh  were  insijrted  : 


iiXion  of 


S«       ■"      JOURNAL  OF  THE  GEFEKAL  COUNCIL.       ^- [4th  Day." 

"But  iii.'i\  iu;ike  addresses  or  exhortations  hy  the  i>ermissiop  of  the 
Bisliop  of  the'Diiicese,  and  by  the  further  permission  of  the  Minister  of 
thd  Pari'^h,  "if  witliin  tlie  limits  of  a  Parish." 

On  motion,  §  3,  thus  amended,  was  adopted. 
On  motion,  §  4  was,  adojited. 
On  inotion^  i^  5  was  adopted. 
On  motion,  §  6  was  adopted. 
On  motion, 

Re»ohcd,  the  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  That  the  following  Canorf 
be  Rdopied,  to  wit: 

CANON  IIJ. 

Of  Admitted  Candidates  Jor  Deacons'  Order$. 

§  1.  The  Bishop,  or  other  Ecclesiastical  Authority  who  may  have  the 
f>uperin};endence  of  oiindidates  for  Deacons'  Orders,  shall  take  care  that 
they  pursue  their  studies  diligently  and  under  proper  direction,  and  that 
they  do  not  indulge  in  any  vain  or  trifling  conduct,  or  in  any  amusements 
most  likely  to  be  abused  to  liceiitiousness,  or  unfavorable  to  .that  serious- 
ness, and  to  tliose  ]>ious  and  studious  habits,  which  become  those  who  are 
jt)-epariiig  for  the  Holy  Ministry. 

VJ  2.  It  is  also  to  be  made  known  to  every  candidate,  that  the  Church- 
expects  of  him,  wliat  never  can  be  brought  to  the  test  of  any  outward 
standard — an  inward  fear  and  worship  of  Almighty  God,  a  love  of 
C'hrist,  a  sensibility  to  holy  intluences,  a  habit  of  devout  affection,  and, 
in  sho!'t,  a  cultivation  of  all  those  graces  which  are  called  in  Scripture 
the  fruits  of  the  Spirit,  and  by  which  alone  His  sacred  influences  can  be 
manifested. 

f  .3.  No  candidate  ibr  Peacons'  Orders  shall  take  upon  himself  to  per- 
form the  public  service  of  the  Church  but  by  a  license  from  the  Bishop, 
or.  il  there  be  no  Bishop,  from  the  clerical  members  of  the  Standing 
Committee,  of  the  Diocese  in  which  such  candidate  may  wish  to  perform 
the  service.  Aiid  such  candidate  shall  submit  to  all  the  regulations 
wliich  the  Bishop,  or  said  clerical  members  may  prescribe.  He  sh"ll  not 
use  the  absolution  or  benediction  ;  he  shall  not  assume  the  dress  appro- 
jtriate  to  clergymen  ministering  in  the  congregation;  he  shall  conform  to 
the  directions  of  the  Bishop,  or  said  clerical  members,  as  to  the  sermons 
or  hoinilies  to  be  read ;  nor  shall  any  such  Lay  Reader  deliver  sermons 
of  his  own  composition,  but  may  make  addresses  or  exhortations  by  the 
permission  of  the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese,  and  by  the  further  permisaion 
of  the  Minister  of  the  Parish,  if  within  the  limits  of  a  Parish. 

ij  4.  No  candidate  for  Orders  shall  be  permitted  to  accept  from  any 
.Dioresan  Council  an  appointment  as  a  Lay  Deputy,  to  the  Ilouse  of 
De{!uties  of  the  General  Council. 

§  5.  A  candidate  for  Deacon's  Orders  may,  on  letters  dimissory  from 
the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the  Diocese  to  which  he  belongs,  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  jurisdiction  of  any  Bishop  in  this  Church  ;  and  if 'there  be 
.s  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  where  the  candidate  resides,  he  shall  apply  to 
ni)  other  Bishop  for  ordination  without  the  permission  of  the  former. 

s'  6.  No  candidate  shall  change  his  canonical  residence  but  for  cau.^e.s 
♦uflncient  in  th&  judgment  of  ttie  Ecclesiastical  Authority;  nor  »hall  any 


1862.]  HOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.  S9 

candidate  be  dismissod  from  the  Diocese  in  wliioli  ho  was  admiited,  or  to  , 
which  he  has  been  duly  transferred,  for  tho  convenience  of  attending  an  j 
theob)gical  or  other  seminary.  ... 

Ordered,  That  the  Secretary  coiive)-  said  Canon  III  to 
the  House  of  Bishops. 

On  motion,  the  House  adjourned  until  Monday. 

FIFTH  I>AY'.<?    session. 

St.  Paul's  OHiiiicii,    | 
AuciuSTA,  Xov.  17,  1802.        )" 

The  House  met  pursuant  to  adjournment. 

Morning  prayer  was  read  by  t]ie  Rev.  Mr.  Easter,  of 
.Georgia,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Mitchell,  of  Alabama. 

On  the  call  of  the  roll,  the  Rev.  T.  J.  Picket,  clerical 
deputy  from  the  Diocese  of  Mississippi,  not  before  present, 
answered  to  his  name. 

The  minutes  of  Saturday's  proceedings  were  read  and 
confirmed. 

Leave  of  absence  was  granted  to  Mr.  Allston  for  tlic  re- 
mainder of  the  session. 

The  committee  on  Canons  reported  for  the  consideration 
of  tlie  House  the  two  following  Canons,  to  wit : 

.    CAXON  I.    (of  Title  II.) 

•  The  Consent  Kecessary  for  Ojfficiatiiiij. 

1  ?  1.  Xo  Minister  sliall  officiate,  transiently  or  otherwise,   in  a  C'oti- 

2  ^jjre.L^ation  or  vacant  Parisli,  or  in  one  the  Rector^or  Minister  of  Avhicli  ■ 

0  is  sick  or  absent,  nnloss  tlie  Wardens,  Vestry  or  Trustees  of  the  Oon- 
4  uregation  are  satisfied  tliat  lie  is  at  tlie  tir  e  an  Ej)iscopally  ordained 
T)  Minister  in  good  and  reguhir  standing.     When  from  another  Diocese, 

,  6  letters  commendatory  from  tlie  Ecclesiastical  Autliority  thereof  may 
7  be  required.  •     . 

CANON  JI.  . 

General  IxcgvlafAoris  of  Minister.  *.  ^>  «% 

1  ?  1.  (!.]  It  is  hereby  reijnired  tliat,  on  the  election  of  a  Midistor  into 
iJ  any  Ohuuch  or  Parish,  tho  ^\•stry  shall  deliver,  or  cause  to  be  de- 
."  liverod,  to  tlie»  Eci'lesiastic;!l  Atithority  of  the  DioccM'.  notice  of  tho 
4  same  in  the  following  form  : 

1  "We,  the  Church   Wardens,  (or,  incase  of  an  Assixiont  Minister,  wc, 

2  the  Kot'tor  and  Church  AVardens)  do  certify  to  the  J;t.  Pcv'd,  (nam- 
'»  inij  the  lUshop)  ov  to  the  Jiev'd.  {namiiKj  the  J^reaide^it,  of  the  Stand- 
4  ing  Committee)  that  (vowing  the  person)  has  been  duly  chosen  Rector 
f)  (or  assistant  Minister,  as  the  cnxc  mai/  he)  of  (nainimj  the  Parish,  or 
0   Church.)'' 


^  JOrR^TAL  OF  THE  GEITERAL  COUNCIL.  [5th  Day. 

7  AYhioii   certificate   shall  he  signed   witli   the  iiaiiie.s  of  those  who 

8  certify. 

1  ■[2.]  li'tho  Ecclesiastical  Aimiorlty  be  satistied  that  the  f^er.son  sochoseu 

2  is  a  (jualifiod  Mini-iter  of  this  Church,  the  said  Ecclesiastical  Author- 

3  ^ty  shall  transmit  the  said  certificate  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Council, 
■4  who  sljall  record  it  in  a  hook  to  be  kept  by  him  for  that  purpose. 

1  {3.]  And  if  the  Minister  be  a  Presbyter,  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority 

2  may,  at  til jj    iiistance  of  the  Vestry,  proceed  to  have  him    instituted 

3  accordini,'  to  the  Office  established  by  this  Church,  if  that  Office  be 
A  used  in  +he  Diocese.  This  Provision*  concerning  the  use  of  the  Oi- 
5  fice  of  Insti'tution,  is  not  to  be  considered  as   applying  to  any  Con- 

•   6  grfegatifui  desitute  of  a  house  of  worsliip. 

1  §  2.  No  Minister,  removing  from  one  IJiocese  or  Missionary  District 

2  to  another,  shall  officiate  as  the  Kector,  Stated  Minister,  or  Assistant 

3  Minister  of  any  Parish  or  Congregation  of  the  Diocese  or  District  to 

4  which  he  removes,  until  he  shall  have  obtained  from  the  Ecclesiasti- 

5  cal  Authority  a  oertihcato  in  the  words  following : 

f5  "I  hereby  certify  that  the  Rev.  A.  B.  has  been  canonically  transferred 
7  to*Tuy  jurisdiction,  and  is  a  Minister  in  regular  standing." 

i  ^  .'!.  The  Ahns  and  Contributions  at  the  administration  of  the  Holy 
'2  Comnuinion  shall  he  deposited  with  the  Minister  of  the  Parish,  or 

3  with  such  Church  officer  as  shall  be  api>ointed  by  him,  to  be  applied 

4  hythe  Minister,  or  under  liis  superintendence,  to  such  pious  and 
r"  I'hari'j^.le  n-^os  .-js  shall  ity  him  1)e  thought  fit. 

i  i  4..  ji:']  it  shall   l-e  thij  duty  of  Mini.-ters  to  prepare  young  {icrson* 

2  (rt"id  othei'S  f^r  the  holy  ordinance  of  ConHrmation.     And  on  notice  he- 

•')  ing  n-cdved  I'roni  the  Bishop  of  his  intention  to  visit  any  Churcii  for 

4  the  puqjtise  of  administering  that  rite,  which  notice  shall  be  at'Kast 

•o  one  month  before  the  intended  visitation,  the  Minister  shall  give  im- 

(>  mediate  notiee  to  hi.s  parishioners,  iudi-.idually,  as  opportunity  may 

7  offer,  and   also  to  the  Congregation  on  the  lirst  occasion  of  public 

H'  worship  after  the  receipt  of  said  notice.     And  he  shall  be  ready  to 

'.!  ])res<?iitf()r  t-onfiryiation  .such  persons  as  he  shall  think  properly  qual- 

1.0  ilied.  and  sliall  deliver  to  the  Bishop  a  list  of  the  najnes  of  those  con- 

11  tinned . 

1  [2.]  And  at  every  visitation  the  Minister  and  Church  Wardens,  or 

2  "\'esn-y,  shall  hiy  before  the  Bishop,  if  required,  the  Parish  record.s, 
3'  and  give  information  to  him  of  the  state  of  the  Congregation,  under 
4  snch  heads  as  sludl  have  been  committed  to  them  in  the  notice  given 
4  as;aforesaid. 

r    [3.]  And  further,  the  Ministers  and  Church  Wardens  of  such  Con- 
l^,%  gr^fttioHKJis .cannot -be 'odnve^iifentlT  Visited,  in  any  yenr,  shall  bring 

3  or  send  to  the  Bishop,  at  the  stated  meeting  of  the  Council  of  tho 

4  Diocese,  information  of  the  state  of  the  Congregation,   under  such 

5  heads  as  shall  liave  been  committed  to  tliem  at  least   on>e  month  be- 

6  ft)re  the  meeting  of  the  Council. 

1  ,  !j  5.  {1.1  Ever-y  Minister  of  this  Church  shall  keep  a  register  of  ba])- 

2  tisms,    c(mfinuations,  communicants,  marriages  and  funerals,  within 

3  his  cure,  agreeably  to  such  rules  as  may  be  provided  by  the  Council 

4  of  the  Diocese  where  his  cure  lies ;  and  if  none   such  be  provided, 

5  then  in. such  hianuer  as  in  his  discretion  he  shall  think  best  suited  to 
«)  the  uses  of  such  a  register. 

I  [2. 1  The  ijitention  of  the  Register  of  Baptisms  is  hereby  declared  to 
2 'be,  as  for  other  good  uses,  so  especially  for  the  proving,  of  the  right  of 


1862.1 


.•  '  Jl!OU?E  OF  DEPtlTIES. 


41 


3  tlie   Clmrcli-iiiembersliip  of  lliose  who  may  hnve; been  adniittcil  inio 

4  this  Church  l>y  tlie  holy  ordinance  of  Baptism. 

'1     |3.]  Ev6ry  Minister  of  this  Church  shall  make  out  and  continue,  as 

2  far  as  practicable,  a  list  of  all  families  and   adnlti  persons  within  his 

3  cure,  which,  with  all  other  Pari^  records  in  his  l;eepinjr,  shall,  in  ease 

4  f)f  his, removal,  be  entrusted  to  the  Wardens  of  the  Church,  to  re- 
.")  main  to  the  use  of  his  successor,  to  h'o  continued  )y  him  and  by  every 
rt  future  Minister  in  the  same  Parish. 

1  §  6.  [1.]  No  Minister  belonging  to  this  Church  ?hall  ofliciate,  either 

2  by  preacinn^%  reading  ])rayerfl  or  otherwise,  in  tlie  Parish,  or  within 
3'  the  parochial  cure  of  another  clergyman,  withoit  'the  consent  ot  the 

4  Minister  of  the  Parish  or  cure,  or,  in   his  absence,  of  the   Church 

5  Wardens  and  Vestrymen,  or  Trustees  of  the  Coi  gregation,  or  a  ma- 

6  jority  of  them. 

1     [3.]  All  regulations  reapecting  Parish  boundari(  s  shall  be  made  by 
•    •     2  I  i  )cesan  Councils. 

1  [3.]  If  any  Minister  of  this  Church,  from  inAbilit  r  or  other  cause,  fail 

2  to  perform  the  regular  service  in  his  Cohgregati<  m,  and  refuse,  with- 
.3  out  good  cause,  his  consent  to  the  officiating  of  any    other  Minister 

-      4  .of    this   Cliyrch     within    his   cure,    the   Churcl,   Wardens.    Vestrv- 

5  men  or  Trustees  of  such  Congregation  shall,  on 'proof  of  such  fail- 

6  ure  or  refusal  before  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority,  or  before  such  p.er- 

7  sous  as  may  be  de[)uted  thereby,  or  before  such  persons  as  may  be,  by 

8  the  regulations  of  this  Church  in  any  Diocese,  vested  with  the  power 

9  of   hearing   and   deciding  on   complaints   ijgainst  Clergymen,  have 

10  power,  with  the  written  consent  of  the  before-mentioned  authority, 

1 1  to  opeti    the  doors  of  their  Church    to  .any    regular   Minister  of  this 

12  Church. 

1     f7.  [l.|  A  Minister  of  this  Church  removing  within  the  jurisdiction 

3  of  any  liisho])  or  othe<-  Ecclesiastical  Authority,  shall,  ih  order  to  gain 

3  canonical  residence  within  the  same,   present  to  said   Ecclesiastical 

4  Authority  a  testimonial  from  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the  Dio- 

5  cese  or  Missionary  District  in  which  lie  last  resided,  which  testimo- 

0  nial' shall  set  forth  his  true  standing  and  cli;iracter.  The  testimonial 
7  may  be  in  the  following  words.  : 

1  ''I  hereby  certify  that  A.  B.,  who  has  signified  to  me  his  desire  to 
•   3  he  transferred  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of — : ,  is  a  Presbyter 


3  (or  Deacon)  of 


in-  regular  standing,  and  has  not,  so  far  as  1 


4  know  or  believe,  been  justly  liable  to  evil  report,  for  error  in  religion 

5  or  viciousness  of  life,  for  three  years  last  i)ast." 

» 
y>     All  such  testimonials  shall  be' called  ]>etters  Diniissory. 
.^1.    [2.]  No  such  letters  shall  atl'ect  a  Minister's  canonical  residence,  until, 
.2  after   having   b^en    presented  accoi'dirtg  to  address,  they  shall  have 

3  been  accepted,   and  notification  of  such  acceptancegiventothe.au- 

4  thority  whence  it  proceeded.     The  residence  of  the  Minister  so  trans- 

5  ferred  shall  date    from  the   acceptance  of  his  letters  diraissory.     Jf 
^fi  not  presented  within  three  months  after  date,  they  may  be  considered 

7  as  void  of  the  authority  whence  they  jiroceedod  ;  and  shall  be   so 

8  considered,  unless  they  "be  presented  within  six  months. 

^  1     [3. 1  If  a   Minister,  removing   into  another   Diocese,  Avho  has    been 
^2  called  to  take  charge  of  a  Parish  or  a  Congregation,  shall  present  a  • 

3  testimonial  in  the  form  aforesaid,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Ecclesi- 

4  astical  Authority  of  the  Diocese  to  which  he  has  removed,  to  accept 
i).  it,  unless  the  Bishop  or  IStnnding  Committee  should  have  heard   ru- 


42  •  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.       [5tli  Day. 

6  mors,  wliicli  lie  or  they  believe  to  be  well  founded,  against  the  char- 

7  acter  of  the  Minister  concerned,   and  whicli  would  form  a  proper 

8  ground  of  canonical  enquiry   and  presentment;  in   which   case  the 

9  Ecclesiastical  Authority  shall  communicate  the  same  to  the  Ecclesi- 

10  astical  Authority  of  the  Diocese  to  whose  jurisdiction  the  said  Minister 

11  belongs;  and,  in  such  case,  it  shalf  not  be  the  duty  of  the  Ecclesias- 

12  tical  Authority  to  f  ccept  the  testimonial  unless  and  until  there  be 
18  satisfactory  explanation  of  such  rumors. 

1     [4.]  It  shall   be   the  duty  of  all   Ministers,  except  chaplains   in  the 
»  2  army  and  navy,  and  ])rofessors  and  officers  in  institutions  under  the 

3  direction  of  the  General  Council,  to  obtain  and  present  letters  dimis- 

4  sory  as  above   described,  whenever  they  remove  from  one  Diocese  or 

5  Missionary  District  to  any  other  Diocese  or  Missionary  District, 
fi  whether  Domestic  or  Foreign,  and  remain  tliere  for  the  space  of  six 
7  months.  If,  at  the  end  of  that  time,  any  Minister,  so  removing,  shall 
S  not  have  obtained  and  presented  such  letters,  the  Bishop  of  the 
'.J  Diocese  from  whicli   he.  has  removed  shall  have  the  right  to  transfer 

10  him  by  letters  dimissory  into  the  Diocese  uf  tlie  Bishop  into  whose 

^12  jurisdiction  he  has  removed. 
1     §  5.  A  minister  is  settled   for  all  purposes  iiere  or  elsewhere  uien- 
"^  tioned  in  these  Canons,  who  has  been  engaged  lK■l•m^uently  by  smy 
(3  Parish,  according  to  tlie  rules  of  said   Diocese,  or  for  any  term  not 
•5  less  thaii  oiie  year. 

The  chair  appointed  Mr.  John  t).  Phekin,  of  Alabama, 
on  the  Committee  oh  Expenses,  in  tlie  place  of  Mr.  A,  AV. 
Ellerbe,  not  in  attendance ;  and  ]SIr.  S.  G.  Jones,  on  the  Com- 
mittee on  the  Bible  and  Prayer  Book,  in  the  place  of  lion. 
Mr.  AUston,  to  whom  leave  of  absence  had  been  granted. 

On  motion,  the  House  adopted  the  Joint  Rules  of  Order 
reported  by  the  committee  to  prepare  rules  of  order  to  regu-, 
late  the  intercourse  of  the  two  Ilouses ;  and  the  Secretary 
was  ordered  to  infprm  the  llousc  of  Bishops  of  their 
adoption. 

On  motion  of  the  llev.  Mr.  Clarke, 

Resolved.  That  after  to  day,  this  House  take  a  recess  from   3  o'clock,  • 
P.  M.,  till  7  o'clock,  P.  M. ;  and  the  Secretary  was  ordered  to  convey  the 
resolution  to  the  Hou»e  of  Bishops. 

On  motion,  §  1,  Canon  IV,  was-^dopted. 

a  u         ^3;  u      a         u  u  ^  .     ^^ 

<■(■         >i       ^  4  ''     ''       '•^         '■'•  * 

k        ■'«  "  I  5^  .  ».       <.i  u  u  * 

On  motion — 

Resolved,  The  IIous^  of  Bishops  concurring,  that  the  following  canoB 
be  adopted,  to  wit: 

CANON  IV.  • 

General   Provisions  aiul  Requisites  jor   Ordination. 
%  1.  No  Bishop  shall  ordain  any  candidate  until  he  has  enquired  of  him 
whether  he  has  ever,  directly  or  indirectly,  applied  for  Holy  Orders,  in 


1862.]  ■         HOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.  43 

.      ♦ 

any  ofher  Diocei^e ;  and,  if  tlie  Bishop  has  reason  lo  believe  that  the  can- 
didate has  been  refused  Holy  Orders  in  any  other  Diocese,  he  shall 
write  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Autliority  thereof,  to  know  whether  any  just 
cause  exists  w!iy  the  candidate  should  not  be  ordained.  When  any 
Bishop  rejects  an  application  for  Holy  Orders,  he  shall  immediately  give 
jiotice  to  tlie  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  every  Diocese. 

4f  2.  Deacons'  Orders  sliall  not  be  conferred  on  any  person  nntil  he 
eliall  be  twenty-one  ye;irs  old,  nor  Priests'  Orders  until  he  shall  be  twen- 
ty-fbur  years  old. 

^  3.  Every  candidate  for  Holy  Orders  who  may  be  recommended  by 
the  Standing  ComTnittee  of  any  Diocese  destitute  of  a  Bishop,  if  he  have 
resided  for  the  <rreater  part  of  three  years  last  past  within  the  Diocese  of 
a  Bishop,  shall  apply  to  such  Bishop  for  ordination.  And  such  candi- 
date shall  produce  the  usual  testimonials,  as  well  from  the  Committee 
of  the  Diocese  in  which  he  has  resided,  as  from  the  Committee  of  the 
Diocese  for  which  he  is  to  be  ordained. 

??  4.  No  Bishop  of  this  Church  shall  ordain  any  person  to  oflSciate  as  a 
Priest  in  any  Congrefi;ation  (.)r  Church  not  under  Episcopal  supervision, 
and  situated  beyond  the  jurisdiction  of  these  Confederate  States,  until 
he  shall  have  received  from  his  Standing  Committee  the  usual  testimony, 
.  •  founded  ui)on  sufficient  evidence  of  the  soundness  in  the  faith,  and  of 
the  pious  and  moral  character  of  tlie  applicant,  nor  until  he  has  been 
examinexl  on  the  studies  j)ro9cribed  by  the  Canons  of  this  Church;  and 
•  should  any  clergyman,  so  ordained, -wish  thereafter  to  settle  in  any  con- 
gregation of  this  Church,  he  must  obtain  a  sffccial  license  therefor  from 
the  Bishop,  and  officiate  as  a  probationer  for  at  least  one  year. 

<f  5.  Agreeably  to  the  practice  of  the  Primitive  Church,  .the  stated 
times  of  ordination  shall  be  on  the  Sundays  following  the  Ember  weeks. 
Special  ordinations  may  be  held  at  such  other  time  as  the  Bishop  shall 
appoint. 

Ordered,  Tliat  the-  Secretmy  convey  said  resolution  to 
the  House  of  Bishops. 

On  motion,  the  words  "  Moral  Philosophy  and  Rhetoric" 
•  were  stricken  out  of  §  1,  Canon  V : 

'   On  motion,  §  1,  Canon  V,  thus  amended,  was  adopted  ; 
"       §  2,         "     '-  was  adopted. 

#      '«.  tt  I  3  u  -  u 

.    '    *'      •  ^'        §  4^         "  '^ 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bisb.ops  concurring,  That  the  following  Canou 
be  adopted,  to  wit :  '^ 

CANON  V. 

EzaminatioM  and  Testimonials  for  J)eacon«''  Orders  and  Ordination. 

§.!., Every  person  hereafter  to  be  ordained  Deacon  in   this  Church, 
*  shall  bo  examined  by  the  Bishoj)  and  two  Presbyters,  on  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures and  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  and  they  shall  enquire  into  h\» 
titness  for  the  ministrations  declared  in  the  Ordinal  to  appertain  toth« 
office  of  a  Deacon,  and  be  satisfied  thereof. 


44  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GEKERAL  C0tJ2>iCIL.        [oth  Day. 

<?  2.  No  person  shnll  be  ordained  Deacon  in  this  Church  until  hi  shall 
have  remained  a  candidate  for  Holy  Orders  at  least  one  year,  and  until 
he  shall  exhibit  to  the  Bishop  testimonials  from  the  Standing.  Committee 
of  the  Diocese  for  which  he  is  to  be  ordained,  which  shall  be  signed  by 
a  majority  of  all  the  Committee,  the  Committee  being  duly  convened, 
and  which  shall  be  in  the  following  words: 

"We,  Avhose  names  are  hereunder  written,  testify  that  A,  B.  hath  laid 
before  us  satisfactory  testimonials,  that  for  the  space  of  three  years  last 
past,  he  hatli  lived  jiiously,  soberly  and  honestly,  and.  hath  not  written,, 
taaglit  or  held  anytliing  contrary  to  the  doctrine  or  discipline  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Confederate  States  ;  and,  moreover, 
Ave  think  him  a  person  worthy  to  be  admitted  to  tlie  sacred  Order  of 
■Deacons.  In  witness  whereof,  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands,  this 
day  ot ,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord ." 

§  3.  But  before  a  Standing  Committee  shall  proceed  to  •  recommend 
any  candidate,  as  aforesaid,  to  the  Bishoj*,  such  candidate  shall  produce 
from  the  Minister  and  Vestry  of  the  parish  where  lie  resides,  or  from 
the  Vestry  alone,  if  tbc  i)arish  ]>e  vacant ;  or,  if  there  be  no  Vestry,  from 
at  least  six  rcsi)ectable  persons  of  this  church,  testimonials  of  his  piety, 
good  morals  and  orderly  conduct,  in  the  following  words: 

"  We,  whose  names  are  iierennder  written,  do  testify  from  evidence 
satisfactory  to  us,  that  A.  B.,  for  the  space  of  three  years  last  jjost,  hath 
lived  piously,  sol)erly  and  lionestly,  and  hath  not,  so  far  as  we  .know  or 
believe,  written,  taught  or*lield  anything  contrary  to  the  doctrine  or  dis- 
(■i])rme  of  the  Protestant  Ki>iscopal  Church  in  the  Confederate  States; 
and,  moreover,  we  think  him  a  ])ersoii  worthy  to  be  admitted  to  the 
sacred  Order  of  Deacons.  In  Avitness  whereof,  we  have  hereunto  set 
our  hands,  this day  of ,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord .'' 

He  shall  also  lay  before  the  Standing  Committee  testimonials  signed 
by  at  least  one  respectable  Presbytev  of  tliis  ChurcJi,  which  testimonials 
shall  be  in  the  following  words: 

"  I  do  certify  that  A.  B.,  for  the  sjjace  o\'  three  years  lust  past,  hath  lived 
piously,  soberly  and  honestly,  and  hath  not,  so  far  as  I  know  or  believe, 
written,  taught  or  lield  anything  contrary  to  the  doctrine  or  discipline 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Confederate  States ;  and. 
moreover,  I  think  him  a  ])erson  worthy  to  be  admitted  to  the  sacred 
Order  of  Deacons.  This  testimonial,  is  founded  on  my  ])ersonal  knowl- 
edge of  the  said  A.  B.  for  one  year  last  past,  and  for  the  residue  of  the 
said  time  upon  evidence  that  is  satisfactory  to  me.     In  witness  whereof,.- 

I  have  hereunto  set  my  liand,  this day  of— ^ ,  in  the  year 

of  our  Lord- ."  • 

§  4.  But  in  case  a  candidate,"  from  some  peculiai-  circumstances  not 
atiecting  his  pious  or  moral  character,  shall  be  unable  to  procure  testi- 
monials from  the  Minister  and  Vestry  of  the  parish  wherein  he  resides, 
"the  Standing  Committee  may  accept  testimonials  of  the  purport  above 
stated,  from  at  least  twelve  respectable  members,  and  from  at  least  one 
respectable  Presbyter  of  this  Chufch,  who  has  been  personally  acquaint- 
ed with  the  candidate  for  at  least  one  year, 

§  5.  Candidates  who,  not  having  Episcopal  ordination,  have  b#eu   ac- 
knowledged as  ordained  or  licensed  ministers  in  any  denomination  of" 
Christians,  may,, at  the  expiration  of  not  less  than  six  months  from  their 
admission  a*  candidates,  be  ordained  Deacons,  on  their  passing  the  same 
examination  as  other  candidates  for  Deacons*  Orders,  and,  in  the  examina- 


•  18G2.]  HOUSE  OF  DEPU'i;iES.  4.-, 

tions,  special  regard  shall  be^ad  to  those  points  in  which  the  denomiun- 
tioii  whence  they  came  ditt'ers  from  this  Ciiurch,  witli  a  view  of  te.stin^4 
their  iaforinatiDU  and  soundness  in  the  same ;  and,  also,  of  ascertaining 
tliat  tliey  are  adetinatoly  acquainteiLwith  tlie  Litiirgy*and  Offices  of  tliis 
Church  :  Frori/Ied,  that  in  tlieir  case  the  testimonials  shall  be  required 
to  cover  only  the  time  since  their  admission  as  candidates  for  IIolv* 
Orders.  ^  '    .' 

<5  G.  When  any  person,  not  a  citizen  of  tliu  Confederate  St.^tcs,  -vvho 
has  been  acknowledged  as  an  ordained  or  licensed  minister  in  any  de- 
nomination of  Christians,  sh*ll  apply  for  Orders  in  tins  Church,  the 
liishop,  to  whom  tlie  application  is  made,  shall  require-  of  him  (in  ad- 
dition tt)  the  above  qualitications)  satisfactory  evidence  that  he  has  re- 
sided at  least  one  year  in  the  Confederate  States  previous  to  his  appli- 
cation. 

Ordered,  Tli<at  the  Secretary  convey  said  Resolution  to 
the  House  of  Bishops. 

Oil  motion, 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  Tliat  the  following  Canon* 
1)0  adopted,  to  wit  : 

CANON   VI. 

Of  Deaconx. 

45  1.  Every  Deacon  shall  be  subject  to  the  regulation  of  tlie  Bisliop 

or,  if  there  bo  no  Bishop,  of  the  clerical  members  of  the  Standing  Coni- 

.  raittee  of  the  Diocese  for  which  he  is  ordained,  until  he  receive  "letters 

dimissory  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  some  other  Diocese,  and  be 

thereupon  received  as  a  Clergyman  of  such  other  Diocese ;  and  he  shall 

.  officiate  in  such  places  as  the  Bishop,  or  the  said  clerical  roembers    mav 

direct.  "  '  .  '        ' 

§  2.  No  Deacon  shall  be  settled  over  a  Parish  or  Congregation ;  nor 

shall  any  Deacon  officiate  in  any  Parish  or  Congregation,  without  the 

express  consent  of  the  Rector  for  the  time  being,  where  there  is  a  Rector  • 

•  nor  in  any  case  without  the  assent  of  the  Bishop  ;  and  when  officiatin'' 
, 'in  the  Parish  or  Congregation  of  a  Rector,  he  shall  be  entirely  subjcc't 

to  the  direction  of  such  Rector  in  all  his  ministrations. 

^  3.  No  Deacon  shall  bo  transferred  to  another  Diocese  without  the 
written  request  of  the  Bishop,  to  whose  jurisdiction  he  is  to  be  trans-  • 
fei'red. 

Ordered,  That  the  iSecrctury  convey  said  Resolution  to 
the  House  of  Bishops. 

Message  from  the  House  of  Bishops,  Av.  7. 

.   The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies,  that  it  has 
passed  the  following  resolution :  .  ' 

■Res^-c(/,  That  the  Canon  entitled,  "  0/  the  mode  of  securing  an  accu- 
rate vkir  of  the  i<tatc  of  the  Oh  i/rch,'''  as  conveyed  to  this  liouse  in  message 
No.  G  of  the^Iouso  of  Deputies,  be  adopted,  with  the  following  amend- 
ments, to  wit  r 

j  .1.  In  the  third  line  insert  "or  vestry,'"  after  the  word  '•  wardens-" 
^  4J  0,  strike  out  thefifst  clause  and  insert—"  The  Secretaries  of  the  seve- 
ral Diocesan  Council*  shall  forward  to  the  House  of  Deputies,  at'everv 
•General  Council,  the  journals  of  the  different  Diocesan  Council's,  Episci)- 


A6  JOURNAL  Of  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.        pth  Day. 

pal  Cliarges,  Addi-esses  and  Pastoral  Letters,  since  the  last  General 
•  Council,  together  with  such  other  papers  as  may  tend  to  throw  light  on 
tlie  state  of  the  Church  in  «ach  Diocese." 

Message  fram  the  House  of  Bishops,  No.  8. 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies,  that  it  has  passed 
the  following  resolution : 

Hesoloed,  That  Canon  HI,  entitled  '•  0/  admitted  candidates  for  Dea- 
rails'  Orders,''''  as  conveyed  to  this  House  in  message  No.  7,  of  the  Honse 
of  Deputies,  be  adopted,  with  the  following  amendments,  to  wit: 

y  2.  The  words  "what  never  can  be  brought  to  the  test  of  tny  out- 
ward standard,"  stricken  out  in  lines  2d  and  3d. 

The  word  "  and"  in  the  0th  line  striken  out. 

^  3.  The  words — "in  which  such  candidate  may  wish  to  perform  tlie 
service" — added  after  the  word  "Diocese,"  in  the  ith  line. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Massie,  the  Rules  of  Order  were  sus- 
pended, and  the  following  resolutions  were  adopted,  to  wit": 

Resolved,  That  the  severcl  amendments  to  the  Canon  entitled,  "  Of  tlie 
mode  of  leciiring  an  accurate  view  of  the  state  of  the  CJiurch,''^  as  con- 
veyed to  this  House  in  message  No.  7,  from  tlie  House  of  Bishops,  be  ac- 
ceded to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Secretary  convey  said  resolution  to  the 
House  of  Bishops. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Norton, 

Resohed,  That  the  several  amendments  to  Canon  lU,  as  conveyed  to 
this  House  in  message  No.  8,  of  the  House  of  Bishops,  bo  acceded  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Secretary  convey  said  resolution  to 
the  House  of  Bishops. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Trapier, 

Jiesolced,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  that  the  following  Canon 
be  adopted,  to  wit : 

CANON  VIL 

Ordination  of  the  Priesthood. 

p  1.  Whenever  a  Deacon  shall  determine  to  proceed  to  Priests'  Orders, 
he  shall  give  to  the  Bishop  written  notice  of  such  intention ;  whereupon 
the  Bishop  shall  record  the  notice  in  a  book  to  be  kept  by  hlra  for  this 
■   purpose,  and  shall   appoint  and  direct   the  studies  of  the   Deacon   ac- 
cordingly, 

§  2.  Every  Deacon  desiring  to  receive  Priests'  Orders  shall  stand  three 
different  examinations,  at  such  times  and  places  as  the  Bishop  to  whom 
he  applies  for  Holy  Orders,  shall  appoint.  The  examination  #b11  tak^ 
place  in  the  presence  of  the  Bishop  and  two  or  more  Presbyters.  The 
first  examination  shall  be  on  the  books  of  Scripture,  tlie  candidate  being 
required  to  give  an  account  of  the  different  books,  to  translate  from  the 
original  Greek  and  Hebrew,  and  to  explain  such  passages  as  may  be  pro- 
posed to  him.  The  second  examination  shall  be  on  the  evidences  of  Chris- 
tianity and  Systematic  Divinity,  and  the  last  examination  shall  be  on 
Churoh  HistoiVv  Ecclesiastical  Polity,  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  and 


18(52.]       ■  HOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.  -i7 

the  Constitution  and  Canons  of  the  Church,  and  of  the  Diocese  for  wliicli 
he  is  to  be  ordained,  (lie  j>hall  be  examined  also  as  to  his  knowledge  of 
the  Latin  tongue.)  At  e.-ich  of  the  fore-mentioned  examinations  he  shall 
produce  and  read  a  sermon  or  discourse,  composed  bj'  himself,  on  somp 
passage  of  Scripture,  previously  assigned  to  him,  which,  together  with 
two  other  sermons  or  dii^rourses  on  some  passage  or  passages  of  Scripture 
selected  by  himself,  sliall  be  submitted  to  the  criticisms  of  the  Bishoj) 
and  clergy  present ;  and,  l)eforo  his  ordination,  he  shall  be  required  to 
perform  such  exercis(5s  iu  reading,  in  the  presence  of  the  Bishop  and 
clergy,  as  may  enable  them,  to  give  him  such  advice  and,  instruction  as 
may  aid  him  in  performing  the  services  of  the  Church,  and  delivering 
his  sermons  with  propriety  and  devotion. 

§  3.  AVhen  a  Deacon,  applying  to  be'admitted  to  Priests'  Orders,  wishes 
knowledge  of  the  Latin,  Greek  and  Hebrew  languages,  and  other 
branches  of  learning  not  strictly  ecclesiastical,  to  be  dispensed  with,  the 
Standing  Committee  shall  not  recommend  him  for  Priests' Orders  until. 
he  shall  have  laid  before  them  a  testimonial  signed  by  at  least  two  Pres- 
byters of  this  Church,  stating  that,  in  their  opinion,  he  possesses  extra- 
ordinary strength  of  natural  understanding,  a  peculiar  aptitude  to  teach, 
and  a  large  share  of  prudence;  and  the  Bishop,  with  the  consent  of  the 
Standing  Committee,  shall  have  granted  the  dispensation.  But  in  re- 
gard to  the  knowledge  of  the  Heln-ew  language,  the  Bishop  shall  have 
the  sole  power  of  dispensation. 

i>  4.  In  a  Diocese  where  there  is  no  Bishop,  the  Deacon  shall  he  ex- 
amined by  the  IVishop  to  whom  he  applies  for  Holy  Orders,  and  bv  two 
or  more  Presbyters  appointed  for  that  purpose  by  the  said  Bishop.' 

{j  5.  .No  person  shall  be  ordained  a  Priest  in  this  Church  until'  he  shall 
have  exhibited  to  the  Bisliop  testimonials  from  the  Standing  Committee 
of  the  Diocese  for  which  heis  to  be  ordained,  which  testimonials  shall  be 
signed  with  the  names  of  a  majority  of  all  the  Committee,  the  Commit- 
tee being  duly  convened,  and  shall  be  in  the  following  words : 

"  We,  whose  names  are  under-written,  members  of  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee of  the  Diocese  of ,  do  testify  that  the  Rev.  A.  B.,  Deacon, 

hath  laid  before  us  satisfactory  testimonials,  that  for  the  space  of  three 
years  last  past,  he  hatli  lived  piously,  soberly  and  honestly,  and  hath  not 
written,  taught  or  held  anything  contrary  to  the  docti-ine  or  discipline 
of  tlie  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Confederate  States;  and, 
moreover,  we  think  him  a  person  worthy  to  be  admitted  to  the  sacred 
Order  of  Priests.  Iu  witness  Avhercof,  Ave  have  hereunto  set  our  hands 
this  day  of ,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord .'' 

But  before  tlie  Standing  Committee  ^liall  proceed  to  recommend  any 
Deacon,  as  aforesaid,  to  the  Bishop,  such  Deacon  shall  produce  from  the 
Minister  and  Vestry  of  tlie  I'arisli  wliere  he  i-esides,  or,  if  the  Parish  bo 
vacant,  from  the  Vestry  alone,  testimonials  of  his  piety,  good  moials  and 
orderly  conduct,  in  the  following  words  :  '    " 

"  We,  whose  names  are  hereunder  written,  do  testify  that  the  Pvcv.  A. 
r>.,  Deacon,  liath,  for  the  ^space  of  three  yeaus  last  past,  lived  i)iouslv, 
■soberly  and  honestly,  and  hath  not,  so  far  as  we  know  or  believe,  wri't- 
ten,  taught  or  held  anything  contrary  to  the  doctrine  or  discipline  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  tlie  Confederate  States ;  and,  moreover, 
M-e  think  him  a  person  worthy  to  be  admitted  to  the  sacred  Order  of 

Priests.     In  witness  whereof,  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands  this 

day  of ,  intlie  year  of  our  Lord  ."'      ' 


48  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.        [5tli  Day. 

He  shall  also  lay  before  the  Standing  Committee  testimonials  signed 
by  at  least  one  respectable  Presbyter  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
in  the  Confederate  States,  in  the  following  form : 

"  I  do  certify,  that  the  Rev.  A.  B.,  Deacon,  has,  for  the  space  of  throve 
years  last  past,  lived  piously,  soberly  and  honestly,  and  lias  not,  so  far  as  I 
know  or  believe,  written,  taught  or  held  anything  contrary  to  the  doctrine 
or  discipline  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Chyrch  in  the  Confederate  States  ; 
and,  moreover,  I  think  him  a  person  worthy  to  be  admitted  to  the  sacred 
Order  of  Priests.  This  testimonial  is  founded  on  my  j^ersoual  knowledge 
of  the  said  Rev\I  A.  B.,  Deacon,  for  one  year  last  past,  and  for  the  resi- 
due of  the  said  time  upon  evidence  tliat  is  satisfactory  to  me.  In  wit- 
ness whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  this dny  of .  in 

the  year  of  our  Lord  — — .'■ 

/  §  G.  ^ut  in  case  an  applicant  for  Priests'  Orders  shall,  from  peculiar 
circumstances,|not  affecting  liis  pious  or  moral  cliaracter,  be  unable  to 
procure  testimonials  from  tlie  Minister  and  Vestry  of  the  Parish  where 
he  resides,  or  in  case  of  there  being  no  Vestry,  the  Standing  Committee 
may  accept  testimonials  of  the  purport  above  stated  from  at  least  twelve 
respectable  members,  and  from  at  least  one  respectable  Presbyter  of  this 
Church,  who  has  been  personally  acquainted  with  the  candidate  for  at 
least  one  year. 

Ordered,  That  the  Secretary  convey   said   resolution   to 
the  House  of  Bishops. 
On-  motion  of  the  same, 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  That  the  following  Canon 
be  adopted,  to  wit :     ' 

CANON  VIII. 

Of  the  Adnimioih  of  Ministers  Ordainetl  ly  Buliops  not  m  Communion 
with  this  Church. 

When  a  Deacpn  or  Priest,  ordained  by  a  Bishop  not  in  communion 
with  thid»Church,  shall  apply  to  a  Bishop  for  admission  into  the  same  as 
a  minister  thereof,  he  shall  produce  a  written  certilicate  from  at  least 
two  Presbytere  of  this  Church,  stating  that,  froni  personal  knowledge  of 
him,  or  satisfactory  evidence  laid  before  them,  they  believe  that  hisde- 
sire  to  leave  the  communion  to  which  he  has  belonged  has  not  arisen 
from  any  circumstance  unfavorable  to  his  moral  or  religious  character, 
or  on  account  of  Avhich  itniay  be  inexpedient  to  admit  him  to  the  exer- 
cise of  the  ministry  in  this  Church  ;  and  he  shall  also,  not  less  than  six 
months  after  his  application,  in  the  presence  of  tlie  Bishop  and  two  or 
more  Presbyters,  subscribe  the  declaration  contained  in  Article  IX.  of 
the  Constitution ;  which  being  done,  the  Bishop,  being 'satisfied  of  his 
tlieological  acquirements,  may  receive  him  as  such  minister. 

Ordered,  That  the*  Secretary  convey  said  resohition  to  the 
House  of  Bishops. 

On  motion  of  the  same, 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  tlmt  the  following  Canon 
be  adopted,  to  wit :     .  •  . 


a  \ 


lRr,2.1  ♦       liOU^.  OF  DEPUTWIS.  i. 


^  vith  i/iis  ChvrcTi.  •       ^ 

§  1.  A  cJergymun  foimng  Irom  a  lorcign  country,  and  proiessiuf;  to  iiaw- 

•     •  l)eeu  ordained  out  oi'tln'  Confederate  States  by  a  foreign  Bishop  in  coinniii- 

nioi'i  with  this  Ciiurch,  or  by  a  Bisliop  consecrated  for  a  foreign  country  by 

Bishops  of  tliis  Clmrch  undei-  Article  Xf.   of  the  Constitution,  or  by   « 

*  Missionary  Jiisliop  elected  to  exercise  Episcopal  functions  in  any  place  or 
l)lftces  out  of  the  Confederate  States,  shall,  l.iet\>re  ho  be  ])erniittcd  to  of- 
liciatc  in  any  Parish  or  Congregation,  ex]iil)it  to  jtlie  Minister,  or,  if  there 
bo  uo  Minijster,  to  the  Testry  thereot",  a  certificate  signed  by,  the  Bishop 
of  tlto  Diocese,  or,  if  tlicre  be  no  Bisliop,  by  the  Standing  Couiiuittee 
<Uily  convened,  tliat  liis  letteis  of  Holy  Orders  are  authentic,  and  givtn 
by  some  Bishop  in  conmiuniou  with  this  Churcli,  and  wliose  authorilv 
is  acknowledged  by  this  Uhureh  ;•  and  also,  that  ho  lias  exhibited  to  the 
Bishop  or  Standing  Committee  satisfactory  evidence  of  liis  pious  anil 
moral  character,  and  of  liis  tiicological  acquiremcits ;  and,  in  anv 
case,  bef(5re  he  shall  be  permitted  to  settle  in  any  (^hnrcli  or  Parish,  or 
be  received  into  union  v.'ith  any  J  )ioceso  of  tliis  Cliureli  as  a  minister 
thereof,  ho  sliall  ])roduce  to  tlie  Ecclesiastical  Autiiority  thereof,  listtefs 
diriiissory  under  tlie  hand  and  seal  of  tlic  Bishop  witli  whose  Dioces^ 
lie  l^as  last  boQU  connected  ;  whicli  letters  shall  be,  in  substance,  tlioso  pro- 
vided for  in  Section  7,  of  Canon  II,  of  Title  II,  and  shall  be  delivered 
within  six  months  front  the  date  thereof;  and  when  such  clergyman  shall 
Iiave  bv^en  so  received,  ho  sliall  be  considered  as  liaving  passed  entirely 
from  the  jurisdictinn  of  the  Bisliop  from  \Viiom  the  letters  dimissory 
were  brought,  to  tlie  full  jurisdiction  of  the  Bishop  or  other  Ecclesiasti- 
cal Authority  by  whom  they  shall  have  been  accepted,  and.  become 
thereby  subject  to  all  the  canonical  provisions  of  this  Churcli:  Frovicle</, 

^  That  no  silch  clergyman  sliall  bo  so  received  iuto'union  with' any  Diocese 
until  he  shall  liavo  substu-ibed,  in  the  presence  of  the 'Bishop  of  the 
Diocese  in  which  he  applies  for  recei)tion,  and  of  two  or  more  L^resby- 
ters,  the  declaration  contained  iu  Article  JX.  of  the  Constitution  ;  which 
being  done,  said  Bishop  or  Standing  Committee,  being"  satislied  of  his 
theological  acquirements,  may  receive  him  into  union  with  this  Churcli 
as  a  minister  of  the  same  :  Prodded,  nlst\  that  silch  minister  shall  not  be 
•  entitled' to  settle  in  any  Parish  or  CJiurch,  as  cano.nically  in  charge  of  the 

same,  until   ho  sliall,  subsequently  to  the  acceptance  of  liis  letters  di- 
^  •  missory,  have  resided  one  year  iu  tiic  Confederate  States. 

§2.  And  if  such  foreign  clergyman  boa  Deacon,  ho  sliall   obtain. .in 
Hhis  country  the  requisite  testimonials  of  chtiractcr,  be^re  ke.  be  ordaineil 
a  Priest.  '      .  . 

Ordered,  That  the  Secretary  convey  Bn id  resolution  totlif 
lionso  of  Bishops. 
,*  On  motion  of  Mr.  McCrady, 

Resolved,  The  Ilonse  of  Bishops  coneurri^ig,  that  the  following  words : 

"Title  I,  of  Candidateship  and  Ordinations.''  bo  prefciod  to  the  Canon- 

.     .adopted  by  this  Honso  and   nnmbercd   I,  11,  III,  IV,  Y,  VI,-Yri,  \'m, 

Ordered,  Thatnho. Secretary  convey  said  re.-;oliitioii  to  tlie' 
House  of  Bishops. 
.       4      • 


m  JOUENAL  OF  THE  GEFERAL  COUNgiL.  [5tli  Day.      , 

©Yi  motidn'oF  tlie' ReV.  Mr.  Trapiei-,.  w^  »,^^  .•  ^ 

Resolved.,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  that  the  following  CanoW   %^^ 
be  adopted,  to  wit :  ^    , 


CANON  I. 

The  consent  necessary  for  Officiating., 

*  No  Minister  shall  officiate,  transiently  or  otherwise,  in  a  Cougre- 
satiou  or  vacant  Parish,  or  in  one  the  liector  or  Minister  of  which  is- 
sick  or  absent,  unless  the  Wardens,  Vestry  or  Trustees  of  the  Congrega- 
tion are  satisfied  that  he  is  at  the  time  an  Episcopally  ordained  Minister 
in  good  and  regular  standing.  When  from  another  Diocese,  letters  com-  » 
mendatory  from  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  thereof  may  be  required. 

Ordered,  That  the  Secretary  c'onvey  said  Resolution  to 
the  House  of  Bishops. 

On  motion,  §  1,  Canon  II,  was  adopted. 

On  motion,  §  2,  Canon  II,  was  adopted. 

On  motion,  §  3,  Canon  11,  was  adopted. 

On  motion,  §  4,  Canon  II,  was  adopted. 

On  motion,  §  5,  Canon  II,  was  adopted. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Korton  [2]  ^  6  was  stricken  *. 
out,  and  §  6  thus  amended,  was  adopted. 

On  motion,  §  7,  Canon  II,  was  adopted. 

On  motion,  §  8  was  amended  by  striking  out  the  word  . 
••said,"  and  inserting  the  word  "the,"  and  b}'-  inserting  after 
The  word  "Diocese"  the  words  "to  which  he  belongs;"       'w 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Norton, 

Re.^oloed,  the  House  of  Bishops  concurring.  That  the  following  Canon 
)ip  adopted,  to  wit  : 

CANON  II. 

h'fneraJ.  lierjulations  of  A/cnistcr». 

ii.  [l.|  li  i>i  hereby  required  that,  on  the  election  of  a  A[inister  iuto 
arty  Cbin-ch  or  I'arish,  the  Vestry  shall  deliver,  or  cause  to  be  delivered< 
;o  the  Ecclesiasfical  Authority  of  the  Diocese,  notice  of  the  same,  in  the 
rbllowing  foi-m :  "  ,  • 

'•AVe,  the  Church  Wardens,  ((j?'  in  case  of  an  Assistant  'Minister.,  we.* 
the  Rector  and  Church  Wardens)  do  certify  to  the  lit.  Rev'd,  {nmnin<j 
Hie  Bishop)  or  to  the  Eev'd,  {naming  the  President  oj  the  Standing  Com- 
inittee)  tlnit  {naming  the  person)  has  been  duly  chosen  Rector  (or  assist- 
ant Minister,  <ts  the  case  may  he.,)  of  {naming  the  Parish  or  Chinrh.''^) 

,  Which  certificate  shall  be  signed  with  the  names  of  tliose  who  certify .- 
[2. 1  If  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  be  satisfied  that  the  person  so  chosen 
is  ji  qualified  Minister  of  tliis  Church,  the  said  Ec^esiastical  Authority 
shall  transmit  the  said  certificate  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Council,  who 
shall  record  it  in  a  book  to  be  kept  ])y  him  for  that  purpose.         ' 


18G2., 


HOUSE  Ot^DEPUTJt:? 


(3. J  And  if  the  Minister  bo  a  PresLyter,  the  *I<]cclesiastical  AiUhorit; 
inp.y,  at  the  instance  of  the  Vestry,  proceed  to  have  him  instituted  ac- 
cording to  the  Olfice  establislied  by  tiiis  Church,  it"  that  OfTlce  be  used  in 
tlie  Diocese.  This  provision,  concerning  the  use  of  tlie  Oflicc  of  Insti- 
tution, is  not. to  be  considered  as-ajiplying  to  any  Congregation  destitutt- 
of  a  houso  of  worsliip. 

<^  2.  No  Minister,  removing  from  one  Diocese  or  Missionary  District  tu 

another,  shall  otHciato  as  the  Rector,  Stated  ilinister,  or  Assistant  Minister 

.  of  any  Parish  or  Congregation   of   the  Diocese  or  District  to  which  he 

removes,  until  he 'shall  have  .obtained  from  the  Ecclo^ia.sticnl  Authority  :i 

ccrtilicate  in  tlie  words  following: 

•'Iliereby  certify  that  the  Rev.  A.  \i.  iias  been  cauonically  transferred 
to  my  jurisdiction,  and  is  a  Minister  in  regular  standing."' 

§3.  The  Alms  and  Contributions  «t  the  administi.ratioii  of  the  Iloly 

("'ommnnion  shall  be  deposited  with  the   Minister  of  the  Parish,  or  with 

such  Chnrcb  officer   as   sliall  be  appointed  by  liim,  to  be  applied  by  the 

Minister,  or  under  his  superintendence,  to  such  jiious  and  charitable  use- 

.Hssliall  by  him  bo  thought  fit.      .        , 

§  4.  [1.]  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  Ministers  to  i)repare  young  persons  and 
others  tor  the  holy  ordinance  of  Confirmation.  And.  on  notice  being 
received  from  tlio  Bishop  of  his  intention  to  visit  any  Church  for  the 
purpose  of  administering  that  rite,  which  notice  shall  be  at  least  one 
month  before  the  intended  visitation,  the  Minister  shall  give  immediate 
notice  to  his  parishioners,  individually,  as  opportunity  may  offer,  and 
also  to  tlio  Congregation  on  the  first  occasion  of  public  worship  after  the 
redelpt  of  said  notice.  And  he  shall  be  ready  to  present  for  Confirmation 
such  person  as  he  shall  think  proi)erly  qualified,  and  ghall  deliver  to  the 
Hlshop  a  list  of  th«  names  of  those  confirmed. 

[2. J  And  at  every  visitation  tlio  Minister  and  Church  Wardens,  or 
Vestry,  shall  lay  before  the  IVishop,  if  required,  the  Parish  records,  and 
give  information  to  liim  of  the  state  of  tl,be  Congregation,  under  such 
heads  as  shall  have  been  committed  to  them  in  the  notif  e  given  as  aforesaid, 
[o.]  And  further,  the  Ministers  and  Churcii  Wardens  of  such  Congre- 
gations as  cannot  be  conveniently  visited  in  any  year,  shall  bring  or  send 
ro  the  Bishop,  at  the  stated  meeting  of  the  C'ounci]  of  the  Diocese,  infor- 
mation of  the  state  of  the  Congregation,  tinder  such  heads  as  shall  have, 
been  committed  to  them  at  least  one  month  before  the  meeting  of  tlie 
C/Ouncil. 

^  ,^  5.  [1.]  Every  Minister  of  thi.s  Church  shall  keep  a  register  of  bap- 
tisms, confirmations,  communicants,  marriages  and  funerals,  within  hi.s 
cure,  agreeably  to  such  rules  as  may  be  provided  by  the  Council  of  the 
Djocese  where  his  cure  lies  ;  and  if  none  such  "be  provided,  then,  in  such 
.  mann(?r  as  in  his  discretion  he  .shall  tt^ink  best  suited;  to  the  uses  of  sncli 
a  register.  •'         .  '  •     • 

•[2.]  The  intention  <:  f  the  Regi.^ter  of  iJaptisms  is  hereby  declared  to  be,  _ 
as  for'other  good  uses,  so  especially  for  the  proving  of  the  right  of  the' 
Clmrch-membership  of  those  who  may  have  been   admitted  into  lbi>; 
(^lurch  by  the  holy  ordinance  of  Baptism.  * 

[3.]  Every  Minister  of  tliis  Church  shall  make  out  and  continue,  as  far 
as  practicable,  a  list  of  all  families  and  adult  persons  within  his  ciire, 
which,  with  all  other  Parish  records  in  lils  keeping,  sl#all,  in  case  of  his 
removal,  be  ejitru.9ted  to  the  Wardens  of  the  Church,  to  remain  for  .the 
use  o(  his  successor,  to  be  continued  by  him  nmlby  every  future  Minister 
iu  the  same  Paris*!:.       •    "^  •  ■ 


;j.3  tlOURNAL  OF  TPIE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.  ,      [5tlt  par 

S  6.-  [1.1  No  Minister  belonging  to  .this  Chnrcli  shall-  officiate,  either  by 
in-eaciiiiig,  reading  prayers  or  otherwise,  in  the  Parish,  or  within  'the 
pavochiaf'cnre  of  another  clergyman,  without  the  consent  of  the  Miuistcj- 
of  the  Parish  or  cure,  or,  in  his  absence,  of  the  Churcli  Wardens  and  " 
Vestrymen,  or  Trustees  of  the  Congregation,  or  a  majority  of  them.  . 

[2.1  If  any  Minister  of  this  Church,  froni  inability  or  other  cause,  fail' 
to  perform  the  regular  services  in  his  Congregation,  and  refuse,  witliout 
"ood  cause  his  consent  to  the  officiating  of  any  other  Minister  of  this 
Church  within  his  cure,  the  Church  Wardens,  Vestrymen  or  Trustees  of. 
isiich  Con"-rogatidn  shall,  on  proof  of  such  failure  or  refusal  before  the  Eccle* 
.siastical  Authority,  or  before  such  persons  as  may  be  deputed  thereby,  or 
before  such  persons  as  may  be,  by  the  reguljftions  of  this  Cnurch  in  hny 
Diocese  vested  with  the  power  of  hearing  and  deciding  on  complaints' 
a"-ainst  Clergymen,  have  power,  with  the  written  consent  of  the  before- 
inentioned  authority,  to  open  the  doors  of  their  Church  to  any  regular 
Minister  of  this  Church.         .       ■ 

■>  7.  [L]  A  Minister  of  this  Chiirch  rcmovmg  within  the  jurisdiction  of 
uny  liitihop  or  Ecclesiastical  Authority,  shall,  in  order  to  gain  canonical 
residence  within  the  same,  present  to  said  Ecclesiastical  Authority  a. 
testimonial  from  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the  Dioce-se  or  Missionary 
District  in  which  he  last  resided,  which  testimonial  shall  set  forth  his 
true  standing  and  character.     The  testimonial  may  be  in  the  following 

"1  hereby  crtify  that  A,  15.,  who  has  signified  to  me  his  desire  to  be 

transferred  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  gf ■,  U  a  Presbyter  (or 

Deacon)  of ,  in  regular  standing,  and  has  not,  so  far  as  I  know  or 

believe  been  justly  liable  to  evil  report,  for  error  in'  religion  or  vicious- 
ucss  of' life,  for  thi»eo  years  last  past." 

All  such  testimonials  shall  be  called  Letters  Dimissory. 

[2.1  No  such  letters  shall  attect  a  Minister's  canonical  residence,  until, 
at-ter  having  been  presented  according  to  address,  they  shall  liave  been 
accepted,  and  notilicatlon  of  such  acceptance  given  to  the  authority 
whence  it  proceeded.  The  residence  of  the  Minister  so  transferred  shall 
date  from  the  acceptance  of  his  letters  dimissory.  If  not  presented  within 
three  months  after  date,  they  may  be  considered  as  void  by  the  authority 
whence  they  proceeded;  and  sliall  be  so  considered,  unless  they  be  pre- 
sented v,-ithin  six  months. 

l:;;.!  If  a  Minister,  removing  into  another  Diocese,  who  has  been  called 
to  take  charge  of  a  Parish  or  Congregation,  shall  present  a  testimonial  in 
the  form  aforesaid,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of 
the  Diocese  to  which  he  has  renjoved,  to  accept  it,  unless  the  Bishop  or 
Standing  Committee  should  have  heard  rumors,  which  he  or  they  beliove 
to  be  t\'eU  founded,  against  the  character  of  the  Minister  concerned,  and 
which  .would  form  a^proper  ground  of  canonical  incpiiry  and  pfesent-  . 
iiioni;'  in  which  case  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  shall  communicate  the 
same  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the.DioCese  to  whose  jurisdictidn 
said  Minister  belongs;  and,  in  such  case,  it  shall  not  be  the  duty  of  the 
.Ecclesiastical  Authority  to  accept  the  testimonial  unless,  and  until,  the|j^' 
lie  satisfactory  explanation  of  .such  rnmor.s. 

L-i.J  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  Minist.ertj,  except  chaplains  in  the  army 
aiu\  navy,  and  professors  and  officers  in  institutions  under  the  direction 
i)f  "iho  General  Council,  to  obtain  and  present  letters  dimissory  asabove 
.lescribed  Avhenever  they  remove  from  one  Diocese  or  Missionary  District, 
*\hetlier  Domestic  or  i'oreign,  and  reUiaiu  therefor  the  space  o.f  si.v 
nths.     If,  afthe  eudof  that  time,  auy  Mini.stcr,  so  removing,  shulb  not 


nil 


'1862.]  1 1 OUyE  OF  DEPUTIES.  *  • -"^S 

Iiavo  obUiincd  and  presented  sucli  letters,  tlie  Bishoj)  oC  tlio  l>iocV.'^o  tn'iii 
wliicli  lie  has  removed  shall  have  the  ri<;ht  to  tninslev  liim.  byleliors 
diiiiissory  into  the  Diocese  of  the  IMshop  into  whose  jurisdiction  lie  has 
removed.  ■        ,     . 

ff  8.  A  ininister  js  settled  tor  :ill  purposes  hero  or  elsewhere  nientioued 
ill  these  canons,  who  h.Ts  boon  enjirnged  i)erni!\neiitly  by  .iny  Par-islj,  flc 
cording  to  the  rules  of  the  Dioces'c  to  which  he  belongs,  or  for  any  lernt 
not  less  than  one  year. 

Ordered,  That  the  Secretary  couvey  said  resolution  to,  the 
House  of  Bishops, 

The  Kcv.  Dr.  Peterkift  offered  the  following  resolutiuiu 
which,  on  motion  of  Mr.  MasRie,  was  made  the  special  oy- 
(I<^i'  for  next  We(]ner?day  at  11  o'clock,  A.  M.,  to  wit: 

Ju^Koh-e<l,  tlie  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  T'lat  Article  VII  of  (he 
Constitution  be  so  amended  as  to  require,  in  the  formation  of  anew  Di<> 
cese,  that  such  new  Diocese  sjiall  contain  not  less  than  tifteoii  self- 
su])portint!;  Parishes,  and  also  lit'tcen  Presbyters,  one  ye:'r  .i-anoui-- 
(■ally  resident  within  the  bonndu  of  such  new  Diocese,  repuhiHy  set; 
tied  in  a  Parish  or  Congregation,  juid  qualified  to  vote  lb'  a  Bishop; 
And  proriJcil also.  That  no  such  new  Diocese  shall  be  forhicd,  if  there- 
in- ;niy  existing  Diocese  shall  be  so  reduced  as  to  Contain  less  tlmn 
1  hirry  selt-suppdrting.  Parishos,  and  twenty  Presbyters  who  have  been 
residing  therein,  and  settled  an.d  qualitied  as  above-mentioned. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  MeCrady,  the  followina-  additional 
Knlc  of  Order  was  adopted,  to  wit : 

Iln.ic  21.  None  of  these  rules  shall  be  altered^  anuudcd.  >u>pen(kd  or 
repealed  without  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  House. 

■  On  motion,  the  IIousg  adjourned. 

SIXTH    day's     session. 

Augusta,  Ga.,  November  18, 186-. 

'Vho  J  louse  met  pursuaut  to  adjournment.  .     • 

-Morning  prayer  was  read  b3-_the  Rev.  IJr.  .Ma.son,  and 
llie'Kev.  Mr.  Norton. 

On  the  call  of  the  roll,  Mr.  \L  1).  jSIoorc  answered  (<» 
his  name  as  Alternate  Deputy  from  the  Diocese  of. (i corgi:!, 
iii  place  of  Mr.  Whittle. 

The  minutes  of  yesterday's  proceedings  were  read  and 
confirmed,  •     '  "  ' 

The  followinj^messagcs  were  received  from  thellouse  of 
Bishops,  to  wit :        •  '  • 

iMESSAGK    NO.    'J.  t 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies.- lb:it  it  lias 
passed  the  following  resolution  : 


54  *  -lOUKNAL  OF  TliE  GENE1UL,.C0Uj;;c1L;  [Otli  Dav. 

Resolved^  That  Canon  I\',  entitled'"  Geveral  Provision  and  liequhKci^ 
for  Ordwahion^''''  as  conveyed  to  this  House,  in  Message  No.  10,  of  the 
House  of  Doi)nties.  he  adoptod. 

MESSAUK  NO.   lu. 

Tlie  House  x)f  liLsjliups  informs  the.  House  of  iJepiities  thai  it  1i:in 
passed  th'e  following  resolution : 

Jiefolred^  That  Canon  V,  entitled  '"  KcaiulnaliO/is  and  TcsilvwnialsjoK 
Deacons^  Orders  and  Ordination,'''  as  conveyed  to  this  House  in  Message 
\(>.  11,  of  the  House  of  Deputies,  he  adopted,  witli  the  followiiiir 
amendments : 

j  2.  Strike  out  all  after  the  words  "cease  to  l)C  a  candidate,"'  aiid  add 

•••  and  unless  the  Bishop  .shall  see  lit  to  allow  longer  time,  he  shall  notify 

him  in  writing,  that  he  is  no  longer  a  candidate,  an&  shall  immediatelv 

give  notice  of  the  same  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  every  Diocese."" 

§.5.  §trike  out  the  words  "from  at  least,"  in  tlie  sixth  line,  and  al.sc 
the  words  "which  last  has."  and  insert,  "which  Presbyter  shall  have." 

MES3AGK   NO.    i  i. 

The  House  of  liishops  informs  the  Hou.se  of  l)eput!es  that  it  ha.>^  pas.scd 
ihe  following  resolution: 

RcHolved,  That  Canon  Vi,  entitled,  "  0/ Dettcoits,"  as  conveyed  to 
ibis  House  in  Mes.sage  Ko.  12,  of  the  House  of  Deputies,  he  adopted. 

MESSAGE   NO.    12. 

The  House  oi  Biiihops  inform"?  the  House  of  Deputies,  that  it  has 
passed  the  following  resolution  : 

Rcmhed,  That  Canon  VII,  entitled-  "  Ovdinalu'n  to  the  Priesthood," 
as  conveyed  to  this  House  in  Message  No.  -lo,  of  tlie  House  of  Deputie  •. 
he  adopted,  with  the  following  amendment :  • 

"   ?  ;J.  Strike  out  the  words,   "ejftraordinary    strength   of  natural  undei-- 
-tanding,'' in  the7t(i  line. 

.MESSAGE    NO.    io. 

.Tiie  House  of  liibhops  infonns  the  House  o(  Deputies,  that  it  has 
passed  the- following  resolution  : 

Pesolcfd,  That  Canon  VIH,  entitled  '■' Of  the  admin/tioa  oj' Minister.^ 
ordainedt  hy  Bishops  not  in  communivn  icith  this  Church,''''  as  conveyed 
to  this  House  in  Message  No.  16,  of  the  House  of  Deputies,  be  adopted. 

.. MESSAGE  NO    14. 

"I'lie  Hou>e  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  De})Uiies,  that  it  has 
passed  the  following  resolution  :         •     .  ' 

Hcxolred,  That  Canon  IX,  entitled  "  Of  Ministei-8  ^•duined  in  foraifin 
■■" untried b;/  Bishojts  in- Gom.mii.nion  with  thu  Church,''^s  conveyed  tothi* 
House  in  Me.'^sage  No.  IT,  of  the  House  of  Deputies,  he  adopted. 

MEsSAifE    NO.    15. 

The  House  t)f  Bishops  informs  the  House  ol'  Deputies,  that  "it  lia- 
passed  the  follo\ying  resolution  :         ,  ♦   >  • 


1865.]  .  ,         HOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.  55 

Hei<ohe<l,  That  this  House  coucurs  with  tlie  Hotisc  o!"  JJejuitios  in  pr.p- 
tixing  the.  words — ''Title  I.  of  Candidateship  aud  Onlinations"  to  Canons 
1,  it;  III,  IV,  V;  VI,  VII,  VIII,  IX,  adopted  by  this  House. 

(^11  motion  of  Mr.  Massie,  the  Rules  of  Order  were  suh- 
peuded  in  order  to  take  up  Me.ssagcs  Nos.  10  and  12  of  the 
House  of  Bishops. 

On  motion — 

^      Re»olred^  That  the  ameudnioiits  to  Canon  V,  as  conveyed  to  this  Hou^e 
,in  Message  No.  10,  of  the  House  of  Bishops,  be  acceded  to. 

**   On  motion — 

Rrsdhecl,  That  the  amendment  to  Cnnou  Vli,  entitled  "  Ordination  to 
ihe  Priesthood,'''   as  conveyed  to  this  House   in    Message  Xo.  12  of  th^' 
House  of  Bishops,  he  acceded  to. 

The  Committee  en  Canons  reported  for  the  considemLio;! 
of  the  House  the  following  Canons,' to  wit. 

<'ANON  111. 

('>/  JJishopK. 

?  1 .  1 1. 1  Whenever  the  Church  in  any  Dioco.^e  shall  be  desiroiii*  of  tl)e 
'J  consecration  of  a  Bishop  elect,  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Church 
o  in  such  Diocese  shall,  by  their  President,  or  by  some  person  ur  per- 
(  sons  specially  appointed,  communicate  the  desire  to  the  Standinc 
•J  Committees  of  the  Churches  in  the  different  Dioceses,  together  "^tith 
ti  evidence  of  his  election,  and  a  certitied  copy  oi  the  following  te.'-- 
7  tiinonial : 

s    TeKtiniony  from  the  Members  of  the  Cointcil  in  the  iJioetsc  froin  irheiicc 
'.I  the  Person  is  recommended  for  (JoiiHeeration. 

io     "We,  whooc  names  are  nnder\vritteii,  fully  sensible  how  important 

11  it  is  th.at  the  sacred  otBce  of  a  BisUoj)  slionld  not  be  tmworthily 

12  conferred,  and  firmly  persuaded  that  it  i.s  our  duty  to  hear  testimonv 
\?^  on  this  solemn  occasion,  without  partiality  or  affection,  do,  in  the 
11  presence  of  Almighty  God,  testify  that  A.  B.  is  not,  so  far  as  we  are 
l.")  inform.ed,  justly  liable  to  evil  report,  either  for  error  in  religicm,  or 
Iff  for  vieiousness  of  life,  and  that  we  do  not  know  or  believe  there  is 
!7  any  impediment,  on  account  of  which  he  ought  not  to  be  consecra- 
18  ted  to  that  Holy  Otii«e.  We  do,  moreover,  Jointly  aud  severally,  dc- 
J!)  clare'that  wo  (Jo,   in    our   conscience,    believe   him    to  be   of  sucli 

20  8ufhcieucy  in  good  learning,  such  .soundness  in  the  faith,  and  of  sucIi 

21  virtuous  and  pure  manners,  and   godly  conversation,  that  lie   is   apt 

22  and  meet  to  exercise  the  otlice  of  a  Bishop  to  the  honor  of  (rod.  and 
2.'}  the  edifying  of  His  Clinrch,  and  to  ])e  a  wlioli-sonie  example  to  the 
24  Hock  of  Christ. 

[2.]  The  evidence  of  the  consent  (»t"  the  Standing  Comniiiic^s  shall 
2  be  in  the  form  following: 

:>      Testim  my  from  the  Standing  Commit  ice  o/^iuafiiny  the  Diocete.) 

4     "We,  whose  names  are  underwritten,  fully  sensible  how  Important 
~>  it  is  that  the  sacred  office  of  a.  Bishop  should  not  be  unwnr(]iil\  con- 


•  56  -lOCRNAI.  OF  TIIKGKNERAJ.  COUNCIL.       Iiithl-M.y. 

^  ferred,  :uul  liruilv  ijui'suadcd  UiaL  it,  is  oiir  duly  to  bear  lebLijiioii.v.  on 

"i  this  soleoia  occasitm,  without  partiality  or  afTection,  do,  in  the  prc>-  - 

s  oucc  oi"  Almighty  Ixod,  testify  that  A.  13.  is  not,  so  far- jr«  wo  aro  in 

!)  I'onned,  jiis+tly  liable  to  evil  report,  either  for  error  in  relipcni,  ov  I'or 

10  vicioiisuess  of  life;    a.!id  that  we  do  not  kno\v  or  believe  there  is  jniy 

■  1  1   i  ID  pediment,  on  .'iccount  of  which  he  ought  not  to  bo  consecratcHl  to  ' 

li  lluit  Holy  Offiee,  but  that  he  hath,  as  avo  believe,  led  his- life,  for  Ihreiv 

J'!  venrs  last  ])ast,  piously,  soberly  and  lionestly."' 

\'->.  I  And  if  the  major  number  of  the  Standing  Committees  shall  e.Mi- 
:}  sent  to  the  proposed  consecration,  the  Standing  Committee  of  the 
;5  I )i(,>ccse  eoncernejl  shall  forward  the  evidence  <■;' such  consent,  to- 
♦  jrether  with  other  testimonials,  to  tlie  senior  Bishop  of  this  Clnucii, 
"i  Vho  shall  oomniunlcate  the  same  to  all  the  l>ishoi)S  of  this  Church  in 
<i  the  Coufedei-ate  States ;  and  if  amajority  of  tiie  iSishops  consent  to  tlie 
7  consecration,  the  seuioi'  Bighop,  with  two  other  Bishops,  or  any  three 
'■1  l>ishoi)s  TO  v.'hom  he  may  commujiicate  the  todtlinoniala,  m^y  procecil 
'■'  to  perform  the  some. 

(4.|  The  consecration  of  a  Bit<bo)i  shall,  if  prneticable,  taUepl.'ice  al-. 
"2  w  avs  in  the  r)ioce.se  of  which  he  is  the  Bishop  elect. 

^  2.  No  man  shall  be  consecrated  a  Bishop  of  this  Church  until  he 
2  shall  be  thii"ty  rears  old.  •,    •  . 

<?  ;J.  "When  a  Bishoj)  of  a  Diocese  is  nuuble.  bv  rc-asuu  of  old  age*  ^^ 

■   -  other  permanent  cause  of  intirmity,  to  discharge  his  E[)iscopal  duties. 

■I'onc  Assistant  Bishop  may  be  elected  by  and  for  the  said  Diocese,  who 

!    shall,  in  nil  cases,  succeed  tlio  Bishop,  in  case  of  surviving  him.     The 

•">  Assistant  JVisliop  shall  ])rrform  such  Bi)isco].al   duties,  and  exercfse 

'■'  such  K;)iscopal  a-iitboj-ity  in  the  l>ioccse,  as  the  Bishop  shall  assij,aj  to 

7  him  ;  and,  iu  c;ise  of  the  Biahoi)'s  inability  to  assign  sncU  duties,  de- 

•S  dared  by  the  (\>uneil  jof  the  Diocese,  the  Assistant  Bishop  sliall,  dur- 

'•  ing  such  inability*  ]ATtorm  all  the  duties,  and  exercise  all  tho.au- 

*!•  thorities  which  appertain  to jtlie  oflice  of  u  Bisliop.     No  person  sljali 

12  be  elected  or  consecrated  a  Sutlrn^au  Bi.sliop,  n'or  shall  there  be  wore 

lo  than  one  Assisti^ut  Bishop  in  a  Diocese  at  the  same  time. 

.     ,     H   |1.|  Kvery  Bishop  of  ibis  Ciinrch  shall  visitthe  Churches  v.itiii:! 

'-i  his  Diocese  at  len.st  once  in  three  years,  tor  the  purpo.se  of  examiniug 

'■'>  the  state  of  his  Church,  inspecting  the  behavior  of  his  cleri'v,  adtuin- 

1-  i.stering  the  Apostolic  rite  of  Contirmation.  ministering  the  Word,' and 

'■»  if  he  think  fit,  administering  the  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper  t« 

.      <■«  the  people  eomiuittod  to  his  charge,  and  shiill  keep  a  register,  oF  all 

.     7  his  otticial  acts. 

|2.]  No  Bishop  of  this  Church  shall  reside  beyond  tlie  limits  of  hi- 
•i  Diocese,  unless  with  the  consentof  three-fourths  of  his  Diocesan  Conn- 
•   ;;  cil,  given  at  each  of  its  sessions.  • 

<J  5.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  anyBiPho])of  a  Diocete.  whois  atout  to 

•-  leave  or  has  left  his  Diocese,  with  the  intention  of  going  out  of  the 

:;  limits  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  if  remaining  out:  of  his    Diocese 

>  for  the  spa<-e  of  three  calendar  months,  although  Avithout  leaving  the 

■'  (\)nfcderate'States.  to  authorize,  by  writinjf  under  his  hand  aud  seal, 

■1  the  As.sistaut  Bishop,  or.  should  there  bo  none,  the  Standing  Coni- 

V  mitiee  of  such  Diocese,  to  act  as  the  Ecclesiastical  Autliority  thereof. 

,<  TIr*   Assistant  Bishop,   or   Standing   Committee   po  auSliorized,  shall 

.-•'.'  thereupou  becora^;  the  Ecclesiastical  Autibority  of  su^h  pioce.«e.    to 

1''  all  I'ntents  and  purposes,  until  such  writing  shall  be  revoked,   ov  the 

U  IJishop  shall  return  wjthin  the  Diocese:'  ProvicUd,  That  nothing  in 

!2  this  Canon  «;hall  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  any  Bishojs  who  may 


1863:]  HOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES  :^7 

I"  liuve  signed  suoli  writing,  fnMu  exercising  liis  jnrnsdiction  liiinseir,  hv) 
I  i  far  .IS  the  same  may  bapracticftble,  dHring  his  absence  from  his  Dio-'  • 
I  '>  <ose^  or  frojn  permitfiug  or  authorizing  any  otlier  Bi.shop  to  perform 
I  li  Episco]taI  offices  for  him. 

^  0.  Tlie  Bisliop  of  each  Diocese  nuiy  compose  forms  of  pnvycr  or 
2  ihanksgiviug,  as  the  case  may  requir(?,  for  extraordinary  occasions, 
■■'.  and  tran3mit  them  to  each  Clergyman  within  his  Diopese,  whose  duty 

1  it  sliall  be  to  use  sncli  form  in  his  "Chnrcli  ou  such  occasions.  And  • 
■  <  tlic  Clergy  in-  those  States  or  ])ioceses,  or  other  places  within  tlie  . 
'!'  bounds  of  this  Church,  in  which  there  is  no  BiKho]),  may  use  tlie  form   * 

•  7  of  prayer  or  thanksgiving  composed  by  the  Bishop  of  any  Diocese. 
s-  The  Bishop  in  each  Diocese  may  also  compose  forms  of  prayer  to  be 
:)  iisect  before  legislative  and  other  public  bodies. 

t^  7.  Any  Bisliop,  Assistant  r>ishop,  cir  Missionary  Bishopi,  may,,  on 

2  tlio  invitation  of  the  Conncil  or  Standing  Committee  of  any  Dioceso 
.']  where  there  is  no  Bishop,-  or  where  the  Bishop  is,  for  the  time,  under 
1^  a  disability  to  porform  Episcoital  otlices  by  reason  of  a  judicial  seii'- 
T)  tence,  visit  and  perform  Episcopal  offices  in  that  Diocese,  or  in  any 
Ct  jiart  thereof ;  and  this  invitatiou  may  l)e  temporary,  and  if  may  at 

,   7  any  time  be  revoked. 

§  8.  [l.]  The  House  of  Deputies  may.  from  tiiiic  to  time,  on  nomina- 
■2  tion  by  the  House  of  Bishojis,  elect  a  suitable  person  to  be  a  Bishop 
:;  of  this  Criurcli,  to  exercise  Episcopal  functions  in  8tf»tes  or  Territo- 
i  nes  not  organized  into  Dioceses.-  The  evidence  of  such  election  shall  • 
."i  I>o  a.  oertiticate,  to  be  subscribed  by  a  constitutional  majority  of  said 
(>•  House  of  Deputies,  in  the  form  re(\uired  br  §  2  of  this  Canon,-  to  be 
7  ^riven  by  tlie  members  of  Diocesan  Councils,  on  the  recommendation 
s  o\'  r>ishups  elect  for  consecration,  which  certiiicate  sliall  be  produced 
;>  to  the  House  of  Bishops;  and  if  the  IIouho  of  Bishops  shall  conse'nt 

10  to  tlie  consecration,  they  may  take  order  for  that  purpose. 

[2.]  The  Bishop  so  elected  and  consecrated  shall  exorcif^'e  Episcopal 
•1  functions  in  such  States  imd  Territories,  in  conformity  with  the  Con- 
;!  stitution  and  Canons  (jf  this  Churcli,  aiid   undef  such  regulations  and 

,4 •instructions,  not  inconsistent  therewith,  as  the  House  of  Bishops  may 
.■)  prescribe;  aud  the  House  of  J>isho])s  may  at  any  time  increase  or  di- 
il  minish  the   number  of   States   or  Territories  over  which  the   said" 

7  Bishoj)  or  Bishops  shall  exercise  Episcopal  functions. 

[3.]  In  case  of  the  death  or  resignation  of  a  Missionary  Bisliop,  or 
•2  of  vacancy  by  other  cause,  the  charge  of  the  vacant  Missionary  Ejtis- 
:*.  copate  shall,  until  another  Bishop  be  elected  ;.nd  consecrated,  devolve 
-t  on  the  senior  Bishop  of  this  Church,  with  the  power  of  appointing 
.")  some  other  Bishop  as  his  substitute  in  said  charge. 

[4.]  Any  Bishop  elected  and  consecrated  under  this  Section  shall  bo.' 
*2  eligible  to  the  office  of  Dioeesan  Bishop  in  any  organized  Diocese 
;;  within  the  Confederate  States,  witli  the  consent  of  three-fourtlis  .of 
.  1  the  Bishops  having  seats  in  the  House  of  Bishops  and  of  the  Standing 
•')  Committees  i^f  three-fourths  of  the  several  Dioceses,  said  consent  to 
•  t  be  signilied  to  the  senior  Bishop  and  announced  by  him.  And  Avhen- 
'    7  ever  a  Diocese  shall  have  lieeii  organized  within  the  Jurisdiction  of  such 

8  Missionary  Bishoj»,  if  ho  shall  be  chosen  Bishop  of  such  Diocese,  he 
ii  may' accept  the  office,  and  sliall  not  thereby  vacate  his  missionary  ap- 

!it  iH-»intment:   Provided,  That  he  continue  to  discharge  the  duties  of 
•11   Missionary  Bishop  within  the  residue /of  his  original  jurisdiction,  it 
12  there  be  sucli  residue.  '  ' 


58  JOURNAL  OF  TI^E  GENE^.AL  COUNCIL.  '  |  OtI.  L)«y. 

[o.]  Every  sficli  Bishop  anay  yearly  appoint  two  Presbyters,  andtwo 
fi' Laymen  communicants  of  this  Church,  resident  within  his  missionary 
o  jurisdiction,  to  perform  the  duties" of  a  Standing  Committee  for  such 
4-  jurisdiction :  Provided^  That  no  Standing  Committee  constituted  un- , 

0  <3er  this  Section  shall  have  power  to  give  or  ^^^refuse  assent  to  tlie  , 

6  consecration  of  »  Bishop. 

[6.]  Every  such  Bishop  shall  report  to  eaclrGeneral  Coimcil  his  otli- 

.2  cial  acts,  and  .the  state  and  coruliti on  of  the  Church    in   said   States 

•  3  and  Territories  of  the  Confederate  States. 

§  9.,  [1.]  The  House  of  "Deputies  may,  from  time  to  time,  ou  nomina- 
3  tion  by  the  House  of  Bishops,  elect  a  suitable  person  to  be  a  Bishoji 
3  of  this  Church,  to   exercise   Episcopal  functions   in    any   missionary 

.  -4.  station  of  this  Church  out  of  the  Territory  of  the  Confederate  States. 
5  which  the  House  of  Bishops,  witli  ■y^.  concurrence  of  the  House  of 
K  Deputies,  may  have  designated.  The  evidence  of  such  election  shall 
Y  be  a  certificate,  to  be  subscribed  by  a  constitutional  majority  of  said 
S  House  of  Deputies,  expret^sing  their  assent  to  the  said  nomination, 
<•>  which  certificate  shall  be  produced  to  the  House  of  Bishops;  and  if 

JOthe  House  of  Bishojjs  shall  consent  to  the   conseoration,  tliey   mny 

J 1  take  order  for  th»t  ])urpo8e. 

[2. 1  Any  Bishop  elected  and  consecrated  under  this  Section,  or  any 

2  foreign  Missionary  Bishop  heretofore  consecrated  to  exercise  Episcopa  I 
3"  functions  in  any  place  or  country  which  may  have  been  thus  desig- 

1  nated,  shall  have  no  jurisdictifm,  except  in  the  plare  or  fcountry  for 
.,>  which  he  has  been  elected  and  consecrated.     He  shall  not  become  a 

()  Diocesan  Bishop   in   any  organized   Di'ocese  w^'hin    the  Confederate; 
'  7  States,  unless  with  the  consent  of  tlu-ee-fourths  of  all  the  Bishops 
S  entitled  to  seats  in  the  House  of  Bi.shops,  and  also  with  the  consent  of 
9  the  Standing  Committees  of  three-fourths  of  the  Dioceses. 

■    [3.]  Any  J^ishop  elected  and  consecrated  under  this  Section,  or  any 

2  foreign  Missionary  Bishoj)  heretofore  consecrated,    may  ordain    as 

3  Deacons  6r  Presbyters,  to  officiate  Avithin  the  limits  of  his  Mission, 
*4  any  persons  of  tlie  age  required  l)y  Ihe  Canons,  of  this  Chui'ch,  who 

5  -sh.air exhibit  to  him»thc  testimonials  rc(|UJrcd  by  Canons  Y.  and  Vil. 
■  (}  of  Title  L,  signed  by  not  less  than  two  of  the  ordained  Missionaries 

7  of  this  Church  who  may  be  subject  to  his  charge  :  Frtnuded,  nei^fr- 
•«  theless,  That  if  there  l»e  only  one  ordained  ]\Iissionary  attached  to  t lie 

9  Mission,  and  capable  of  acting  at  the  time,  the  signature  of  a  Presby- 

10  ter,  under  the  jurisdiction  of  any  Bisliop  'u\  communion  with  tlii> 

1 1  Church,  in  good  standing,  may  be  admitted  to  supply  the  deficiency. 

[4.]  Any  Foreign  Missionary  Bishop  consecrated  under  this  Section. 

3  or  heretofore  consecrated,  may,  by  and  with  the  advice 'of  two  Vves- 
3  byters,  one  qf  whom,  if  necessity  require,  shall  be  a  Presbyter  in  gOf)d 
■i  standing  under  the  jurisdiction  of  any  Bishop  in  communion  with  t!)is 

■   b  Oiurch,  dispense  with  those  studies  required  from  a  candidate  for  Oi'i . 

6  jders  by  the  Canons  of  this  Church  :  Provided,  That  no  i)erson  shall  bv 

7  ordained  Priest  by  him  who  has  not  passed  a  satisfactory  examination. 

8  b\  the  presence  of  two  Presbytcrsj  as  to  liis  theological  learning  and 
9.  aptitude  to  teach  ;   And  jn'ovlded,  further,-  That  no  person  sliall  be  , 

10  ordained  Deacon  by  him  until  he  shall  have  been  a  candidate  for 

11  at  least  one  year.     Nor  shall  any  Deacon  or  Priest,  who  sh<ill  have 

12  been  ordained  under  this  Sectiiin,  be  allowed  to  hold  arty  cure,  or 
18  officiate  in  the  Church  in  these  Confederate  States,  until  he  shall  have- 
14'  complied  with  existing  Canons,  rehiting  to'the  learning  of  person;?  to 
15  be  ordained. 


Ig62.1  ,.  HOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.  "  59 

]~K*\  Ally  Foreign  Missionary  liishop  elected  and  conseoratcd  under 
■J  this  Section,  or  any  Forei{?n  Missionary  Bishop  heretofore  consecra- 
:;  ted,  shall  hate  jurisdiction  and  government  according:  to  the  Canons 
I  of  this  Church  over  all  Missionaries  or  0Ierg3-iTien.  of  this  Churcli. 
')  resident  in  the  district  or  country  for  which  he  may  have  been  eon- 
()  secrated. 

[6.]  Every  such  Bishop  may  yearly  a|)poiiit  not  less  tlian  two,  nor 
•J  more  than  tivo  Presbyters,  resident  within  his  missionary  jurisdiction. 
:;  to  act  as  a  Standing  Committee  ujjon  all  questions  pertaining  to  the 
[  interests  thereof;  and,  in  case  of  the  absence  of  the  Bishop  from  his 
•'»  jurisdiction,  or  of  a  vacancy  in  the  Episcopate,  said  Standing  Com- 
ii  mitteei  shall  be  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority. . 

•*  [7.]  Every  Bishop  elected  and  consecrated  under  this  Section,  or 
■Jt,  Foreign  Missionary  Bishoj)  heretofore  consecrated,  shall  report  to  each 
■]  General  C^onncil  his  ofhcLal  acts,  and  the  state  of  the  Mission  under 
I  his  supervision. 

^  10,  1 1.|  A  Diocese  without  a  Bij^liop,  or  of  which  the  Bishop  is  for 

i  the  time  under  a  disability  by  rea.son  of  a  judicial  sentence,  may,  by  its 

.  :}  Council,  be  ])laced  under  the  full  Epis-copal  charge  and  authority  of 

1-  the  Bishop  of  another  Diocese,  or  of  a  Missionary  Bishop,*  who  shall 

.")  by  that  act  be  authorized  to  perform  all  the  duties  and  otiiccs  of  the. 

tt  Bishop  of  the' Diocese  so  vacant  or  having  the  Bishop  disabled;. until. 

•  7  in  the  case  of  a  vacant  Diocese,   a  Bishoj)  be  duly  elected  and  conse- 

8  cmted  for  the  same;   ;ind,  in  the  case  at'  a  J)iocese  whose  Bishop  i> 

:•  disqualilied  as  aforesaid,  until  the  disqualilication  be  removed;  oruu'til.; 

1 0  in  either  case,  the  said  act  of  the  Council  be  revoked. 

[2.]  No  Diocese  thus  placed  under  the  full  charge  aud  aTithojjity  o!' 
•2  the  Bi.shop  of  another  Diocese,  or  a  Missionary  Bishop,  shall  invito 
;!  a  second  liishop  to  perlorm  any  Episcopal  duty,  or  exercise  authority, 
t  till  its  connection  with  the  fu'St  Bishop  has  expired  or  is  revoked. 

1  >■  11.  [1.]  If,  during  the  session  of  the  General  Council,  or  witliin  six 

2  calendar  months  before  the  meeting  of  any  such  Council,  a.  Bishoj) 
■')  shall  desire  to  resign  his  jurisdiction,  he  shall  make  known  in  writing 

4  to  the  House  of  Bishops  such  his  desire,  together  with  the  retisons' 

5  moving  him  thereto;  whereupon  tlte  House  of  Bishops  may  investi- 
0  gate' the  whole  case  of  the  i)roposed  resignation,  including  not  only 
7  tlie  facts  and  reasons  that  may  be  set?  forth  in  the  aJipKcation  for  the 
•S  proposed  resignation,  but  any  other  facts  and  circumstances  bearing 
'.>  upon  it,  so  that  the  whole  subject  of  the  propriety  or  necessity  of  •sucli 

10  resignation  may  be  placed  fully  before  the  House  of  Bishops. 

1 2.]  An  investigation  haying  thus  been  made,  tlie  House  of  liisluips  ' 
2  may  decide  on  the  application;    and,  by  the  vote  of  a  iliajority  of 
■}  those  present,  accept  or  refuse  to  accept  such  resignation  ;   and,  in  nil 

4  cases  of  a  proposed  resignation,  the  Bisho))s  shall  cause  their  ])ro- 
.5  ceedings  to  be  recorded  on  their  journal;  and,  in  case  of  acceptance, 

i»  the  resignation  shall  be  complete  when  thus  recorded^    and  notice  • 
7  thereof  shall  be  given  to  the  House  of  Deputies. 

[o.]  In  case  a  Bishop  should  desire  to  resign  at  any  period  uyt  within 
2  six  calendar  months  before  the  meeting  of  a  (ieneral  Council,  lie  shall  * 
■  \  make  known  to  the  senior  l]ishop  sueh  his  desire,  with  the  reasons 
-i  moving  him  thereunto;  wljereupon  the  senior  Bishop  shall  comnmni- 
."»  catc,  without  delay,  a  copy  of  the  same  to  every  Bishop  of  tliis  Church  . 
•')  having  ecclesiastical  jurisdiction  within  the  Confederate  States,  afid 
7  "lalso  to  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Diocese  to  which  the  Bishop 

5  desi/iiig  to  resign  may  Uelong;  and,  at  the  same  time,  summon  said 


60  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.   .  _      [Gth  Day. 

{)  Bisliojis  to  uieet  him  in  porsou,  at  a  place  to  be  by  liim  dostgnated. 

10  and  at  ji  time  not  less  than  three  calendar  nionths  from  the  date. of 

11  his  summons;   and,  should  a  numlier  not  less  than  a,  niajtjrity  of  all 

13  the  said  Bishops  meet  at  the  time  and  place  designated,  they  shall 
18  then  have  all  the  powers  given  by  the  previous  clauses  of  this  Seotion 

14  to  the  House  of  Bishops;    and,  should  a  number  less  than  a  majority 

15  assemble,  tliey  shall  have  power  to  adjourn  from  time  to  time,  until 
1(3  they  can  secure  the  attendance  of  a  majority  of  all  the  said  Bisho])?. 

■  17  Should  a  proposed  resignation  of  a  Bishop  be  accepted  at  any  meeting 
18  of  the  Bishops  for  that  purpose  held  during  -a  recess,  then  the  senior 
10  IMshop  present  shall  i)ronounce  such  resignation  complete,  and  corn- 
id  municate  the  same  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  each-  Diocese, 

21  who  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  communicated  to  tlie  several  Clergy- 

22  men  in  charge  of  Congregations  therein.     And  it  shall  be  the  further 
2:>  duty  of  the  sciijor  Bishop  to  cause  suqIi  resignation  to  be  fonually 

24  recorded  on  the  Journal  of  the  House  of  Bishops  that  may  meet  in 

25  General  Council  next  thereafter.     H'the  Bishop  desirous  of  resigning 

26  should  be  the  senior  Bishop,  then  all  the  duties  directed  iu  this  Sec- 

27  tion  to  be  pei'formed  by  the  senior  Bishop  shall  devolve  upon  the 

28  Bishop  "next  in  seniority. 

(4.]  No  Bisho})  Avhoso  resignation  of  the  Episcopal  jurisdiction  of  n 

3  Diocese  has  been  consummated  i)nrsnant  to  this  Section,  shall  liu 
o  eligible  to   any   Diocese  now  in  union,  or  which  may  hereafter  bt*. 

4  admitted  into  union,  with  this  Church,  bnt  he  may  perforra  Episcopal 

5  acts  at  the  reipiest  of  any  Bishop  of  this  Church  within  the  limits  of 
(3  his  Diocese.  .  .  .  -  ■       " . 

If).]  A  Bisho]>,  who  ceases  to  h^ve- charge  of  a  Diocese,  shall  still  l)e 
2  subject  in  all  matters,  to  the  Canons  and  authority  of  thC' General 
u  Council. 

[G.  I  In  case  a  suspended  Bishoii  of  this  Churoli  shoidd  desire  to 

2  resign  at  any  period  not  within  .<ix  calendar  months  before  the  meet- ' 

3  ing  of  a  Creneral  Council,  he  shall  make  known   by   letter   to  tlie 

4  senior  iiisliop  such  .desire ;   whereupon  the  senior  Bishop  shall  com- 

5  raunicate  a  copy  of  the  same  to  each  Bishop  of  this  Cliurch  havii:;;- 
G  jurisdiction  Arithin  the  Confederate  States  ;  and,  in  case  a  mn- 
7  jority  of  such  Bisho.]>s  shall  return   t«  the  senior  Jiishop  their  writ- 

,    8  ten   assent  to   such  resigna4;iou,  the    same  feliall  bo  deemed    valid 
'J  and  linal;  and  written  information  of  the  said  resignation  shall  i!l 

10  once  be    communicated    by  the  senior  Bisliiip    to  the  Bishop  a;i<i 

11  Diocese  concerned,  and  to  each  Bishop  of  tliis  Church.     And  it  sliait 
'12  be  the  further  duty  of  the  senior  Bishop  to  cause  sucli  resignation  1^. 

13  be  formnlly  recorded  on  the  Journal  of  t.he»Hou*;e  of  Bishops  that  may 
Mmeet  in  General  Council  next  thereafter. 

CANON  IV.. 

0/  a  List  of  the  Minist&i'.s  of  tJus-  Chore/.. 

i  1  The  Secretary  of  the  House  of  Deputies  shall  keep  a  register  of 
2  all  the  Clergy  of  this  Church,  whose  names  shall  b'c  delivered  to  ban 
o  in  the  follovring  manner,  that  is  to  say ;  The  Epclesiastical  Authority 
.4  of  this  Church,  in  each  Diocese,  shall,  at  the  time  of  each  Genera; 
o  Council,  deliver  to  the  said  Secretary  a  list  of  the  names  of  all  th<; 
G  Ministers  of  this  Church  in  their  proper  Dioceses,  annexing  tl;*.- 
7  names   of  their  respective  cures,  or  of  »their  stations  in  aijy   Col- 


1863.]  •  .  nor$E  OF  DEPUTIES.  .     •       ^''^ 

-S  leges  or  otiipr  Seminaries  of  Learning;  or,  in  regard  to  those  who 
9  liavc  not  any  cures  or  otlior  stations,  thjeir  places  of  residence  only  : 
■  JO  and  the  said  list  shall,  from  time  to  time,  be  published  in  the  journal- 
1 1  of  the  General  Council.  • 

!J  ?.  The  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  each  Diocese  shall,  during'thc; 
•?.  intervals  between   the  meetings  of  the  General  Council,  t^ke  such 
:'.  means  of  making  known  the  admission  of  Ministers  among  them,  as  shtill 
+  tend  to  prevent  ignorant  and  unwary  people  from  being  imposed  on 
■1  by  persons  protending  ti)  ho  authorized  Ministers  of  this  Churcli. 

CANON  Yi. 

'^z'  tJie  made  of  picblisJimfj  Authorised,  Editions  of  the  Standard  Bible  of 

this  Church, 

Tlic  Ecclesiastical  Antliority  in  each  Diofcese  of  this  Churcli  shall 
"2  ai)i)oint,  from  time  to  time,  some  suitable  person  or  persons,  tt)  com- 
;'.  i)are  and  correct  all  new  editions  of  the  Bible  by  the  standard  ecti- 

4  tion  agreed  upon  by  the  General  Council,  and  a  certificate. of  their 

5  haTiug  been  so  compared  and  corrected  shall  be  published  with  said 
(i  book. 

CANON  VII. 

Of  Pahllshuig  Edititns  of  the  Booh  of '  Common. Prayer. 

Tlie  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  this  Church,  in  each  Diocese,  sliall 
2  appoint  one  or  more  Presbyters  of  the  Diocese,  who  shall  compare 
:'.  and  correct  e ve;;y  new  edition  of  the  Common  Prayer  Eook,the  Arti/Jes, 
4  Offices,  Metre  Psalms  and  Hymns,  by  a  copy  of  the  standard  edition  ; 
f)  and  a  certiticate  ihatsaid  edition  has  been  so  compared  and  corrected, 
f)  shall  be  published  with  the  same.  And  in  case  any  edition  shall  be. 
7  published  Avithout  suoh  correction,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said 
s  Ecclesiastical  Authority  to  give  public  notice  tliat  such  edition  is  not 
'.I  anthorized  by  the  Cl^^^rcb. 

.      CANON  VIII. 

Of  Parochial. Instruction. 

The  Ministers  of  this  Church  who  have  cha'rge  of  parishes  or  cure-, 
2  shall  not  only  be  diligent  in  instructing  the  children  in  tlie  Cateciiisn:, 
."')  but  shall,  j!1so,  by  stated  catechetical  lecture^  and  instruction,  be  dili- 

4  gent  in  informing  the  youth  and  others  in  the  Doctrine,  ('onstitutioil 

5  and  Liturgy  of  the  Church.  ^ 

.  CANON  I  {of  Title  HI.) 

(f  Ainennltllity   niut  Of fiices  for  which  (f  Minister  may  he  tried  and 

2n(nished. 

^  I.  Every  Itfinister  shall  be  amenable  for  offences  committed  \^y  ^ 
2  him  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the  Diocese  in  which    he  is 
o  canonically  resident  iit  the  time  of  the  charge. 

ij  2.  Every  Minister  sliall  be  liable  to  presentment  and  trial,  for'any 
2  crimoor  innnoi"-ality,  for  disorderly  conduct,  for  drnnkenness,  tVir  [n\>- 
o  fane  swearing,  for  fre<nienting  iilaces  liable  to  be  alnised  to  liceutioits- 


02  JOURNAL  OE  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.         [Gtli  Day; 

4  noss,  aud  for  violation  of  the  Constitution  or  Cauons  of  this  Churcii. 

5  or  of  the  Diocese  to  which  he  belongs ;  aud,  on  being  found  guilty, 
()  he  shall  be  adraonishtjd,  suspended,  or  degraded,  according  to  thc- 
7  Canons  of  the  Diocese  in  which  the  trial  takes  place. 

§  3.  A  Clergyman  who  presents  a  person  to  the  Bishop  for  Holy 
2  Orders,  as  specified  in  the  office  for  Ordination,  without  having  good 
-•]  grounds  to  believe  that  the  requisitions  of  the  Canons  liave  l»een  coiii- 
4  plied  with,  shall  be  liable  to  Ecclesiastical  censure. 

§  4.  If  a  Minister  of  this  Church  shall  be  accused,  by  public  rumour, 
2  of  discontinuing  all  exercise  of  the  ministerial  office  without  lawful 
:'.  cause,  or  of  living  in  the  habitual  disuse  of  public  worship  or  of  the 
4  Holy  Eucharist  according  to  tlie  offices  of  this  Church,  or  of  being 
.")  guilty  of  scandalous,  immoral  or  disorderly  conduct,  or  of  violating 
(!  the  Canons,  or  preaching  or  inculcating  heretical  doctrine,  it  shall  bo 
7  the  duty  of  the  Bishop,  or,  if  there  be  no  Bishop,  of  the  Clerical 
J^  members  of  the  Standing  Committee,  to  see  that  an  inquiry  be  insti- 
^t  tuted  as  to  the  truth  of  such  public  rumour.     And  in  case  of  the  indi- 

1  (\  vidual  being  i)rocoeded  against  and  convicted  according  to  such  rules 

11  or  process  as  may  be   i)rovided  by   the  Councils  of  the   respective 

12  Dioceses,  he  shall  be  admonished,  suspended  or  degraded,  as  the 
]:>  nature   of  the   case   may  require,  in  conformity  with  their  respec- 

14  tive   Constitutions  and  Canons,  and  if  he  be  degraded,  notice  there- 

15  of  shall  be  given  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  each  Diocese,  aiuJ 
1(5  read  before  every  Congregation  . of  the' Diocese  to  which  he  be- 
17  longs,  on  the  oocn'^ion  of  public  worship  next  after  the  "reception  f)f 
IJ-^i  si;cTi  notice. 

CANON  II. 
Trial  of  Presbyters  and  Deacons  under  Missionary  Jurisdiction. 
%  1.  The  jurisdiction  of  this  Church  extending  in  right,  though  not 
i  always  in  form,  to  all  persons  belonging  to  it  within  the  Confederate 
o  States  and  Territories,  it  is  hereby  enacted,  That  each  Missionary 

4  Bishop  shall  have  jurisdiction  over  the  Clergy  in  the  district  assigned 
o  him,  and  may,  in  case  a  presentment  and  trial  of  a  Clergyman  become 
Ci  proper,  reiiuest  the  action  of  any  Presbyters  and  Standing  Commit- 
7  tee,  in  any  Diocese  sufficiently  near,  and  the  presentment  and  trial 

5  shall  be  according  to  the  Constitution  and  Canons  of  said  Diocese. 
i>  Or,  if  there  be  a  Standing  Committee  appointed  by  the  Mis.sionary 

1(1  Bishop,  the  clerical  tnembers  thereof  may  make  presentment,  and  the 

1 1  trial  shall  take  place  according  to  the  Constitution  and  Canons  of  any 

12  Diocese  of  this  Church  which  may  have  been  selected^t  the  time  of 

13  the  appointment  of  such  Standing  Coraifiittee :    Provided.,  That  the 

14  Court  shall  be  composed  of  at  least  three  Presbyters,  excluding  the  ' 
l.>  members  of  the  Standing. Committee  and  the  accused., 

§  2.'  If  any  Minister  of  this  Church,  acting  under  a  Foreign  Mis- 

2  sionary  appointment,   and  within  the  jurisdiction  of  a  Foreign  Mis- 

3  sionary  Bishop  of  this  Church,  shall  commit  any  offence  for  which 

4  Ministers  may  be  tried  and  punished,  or  shall  rAuse  obedience  to  the 
•")  lawful  authority  of  the  Missionary  Bishop,  such  Clergyman  shall  be 
<J_  proceeded  against  according  to  the  Constitution  and  Canons  of  any 
7  Diocese  in  this  Church,  which  may  have  been  selected  at  tlxe  time  of 
•S  the  appointment  of  the  Standing  Committee  of  such  missionary  ju- 
'.)  risdi^;tion :  Provided.,  That  a  presentment  shall  first  be  made  by  the 

\0  members  of  said  Standing  Committee,  or,  if  the  accused' party  be  a  ' 

11  member  of  the  Standing  Committee,  liy  the  other  member  or  uieni- 

1 2  hers  thereof. 


1862.1  HOUSE  0?  DEPUTIES.  fi:'. 

§  3,  The  Court  for  the  trial  of  such  Minister  shall  consist  of  five 

3  Presbyters,  exchidiug  the  members  of  the  Standing  Committer ;  or,  it" 
:'.  there  be  not  five,  then  of  all  the  members  of  such  missionary  jnris- 

4  diction.     If  there  bo  more  than  five,  then  shall  the  Standing  Com- 

5  mittee  select,  by  lot,  the  five  -who  shall  compose  the  Court,  \vhioli 
n  Court  shall  proceed  in  the  trial,  according  to  the  Canons  of  thr 
7  General  Council  of  this  Church,  so  far  as  the  same  may  bo  applicable 
!^  to  such  a  case ;  and  wliere  no  provision  is  made  adequate  t«  the 
!t  exigency,  tlie  Court  shall  consider  and  adjudge  the  case  according  U> 

10  the  principles  of  law  and  equity.  '     • 

^  4.  The  sentence  of  the  Court  shall  be  rendered  to  the  Bishop  of 

2  such   missionary  jurisdiction,  who  shall  have  power  to  revise  and 

3  modify  the  sanu",  and  the  decision  of  the  IMshop  shall  be  final  and 

4  conclusive. 

CAXOX  III.     . 

Of  a  Chrgymnn  //*  ove  Diocese  or  Missioiwri/  District  rhargecihle  tQiih' 
Misdemmnor  in  another. 

§  1.  If  a  Clergyman  of  this  Church,  belonging  to  any  Diocese  or 

•2  Missionary  District,  shall  in  any  other  Diocese  or  Missionary  District, 

3  conduct  himself  in  such  a  way  as  to  bo  chargeable  with  misdemeanor, 

4  the  Ecclesiastical  Autliority  thereof  shall  give  notice  of  the  same  to 

6  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  where  he  is  canonically  resident,  ex- 
(■>  hibiting,  with  the  information  given,  reasonable  groun jfor  presuming 

7  its  correctness.     If  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority,  when  thus  informed, 

8  shall  omit,  for  the  space  of  three  months,  to  proceed  against  the 
!)  ofiendiug  Clergyman,  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  tlie  Diocese  or 

10  Missionary  District,  within  which  the  alleged  oflence  w;i3  committed, 

1 1  may  institute  proceedings,  and  the  decision  given  shall  be  conclusive. 
■    j  3.  If  a  Clergyman  shall  come  temporarily  into  any  Diocese,  under 

2  the  imputatipn  of  having  elsewhere  been  guilty  of  any  crime  or  mis- 

3  demeanor,  or  if  any  Clergyman,  while  sojourning  in  any  Diocepe, 

4  shall  misbehave,   tJio  Bishop,  upon  probable  cause,  may  admonish 

5  such  Clergyman,  and  forbid  him  to  otiiciatc  in  said  Diocese.  And  if, 
t)  after  such  prohibition,  the  said  Clergyman  so  otrioiate,  the  Ecclesias- 
V  tical  Authority  shall  give  notice  to  all  the  Clergy  and  Congregations 
s  ill  said  Diocese,  that  the  officiating  of  the  said  Clergyman  is  prohibited  ; 
;)  and  like  notice  shall  be  given  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the 

10  Diocese  to  which  the  said  Clergyman  belongs.     And  such  prohibitiv'ii 

1 1  shall  continue  iu  force,  until  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the  first 

12  named  Diocese  be  satisfied  of  the  innocence   of  the  said  Clergyman. 
1  :>  or  until  lie  be  acquitted  on  trial. 

§  o.  The  provisions  of  the  last  Section  shall  apply  to  Clergymen 
1  ordained  in  foreign  countries  by  Bishops  in  communion  witli  this 
;>  Church  :  Provided.,  That  in  such  case  notice  of  the  prohibition  shall 
4  be  given  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  under  whose  jurisdiction  tho 
')  Clergyman  shall  appear  to  have  last  been,  and  also  to  all  the  Bishops 
,    (!  exerci-jing  jurisdiction  in  this  Church. 

\   CANON  IV. 

O/  Renunciation  of  the   Ministry. 

§  1.  If  any  Minister  of  this  Church,  against  whom  there  is  no  Ee- 
3  clesiastical  i)roceeding  instituted,  shall  declare,  in  writing,  to  the 
■'.  "Ecolesiastical  Authority,  to  wliicli  he  belongs,  his  renunciation  of  the 


VA  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.         iHtli  Day 

4  Ministry,  uiid  his  design  not  to  officiate  in  future  in  any  of  the  offices 

5  thereof,  said  Ecclesiastical  Authority  shall  record  tiie  declaration  so 
()  madfc.     The  Bishop  shall  then  depose  him  from  the  Ministry,    and 

7  pronounce  and  record  in  the  presence  of  two  or  n^ore  Clergymen,  that  ♦ 
■  S  the  person  so  declaring  has  been  deposed  froni  the  Ministry  of  this  " 
9  Church;    am'T  if  there  be  no  Bishop  in  such  Diocese,  the  same  sen- 

10  fence  may  lie  pronounced  by  the  Bishop  of  any  other  Diocese  invited 

1 1  by  the  Standing  Committee  to  attend  for  that  purpose. 

§  2.  If  tlie  Ecclesiastical  Autliority,  to  whom  such  declaration  re- 
2  uouncing  the  Ministry  is  made,  shall  have  reason  to  believe  that  tire 
.J  person  has  acted  unadvisedly  and  hastily,  all  action  thereupon  maybe 

4  forborne  for  the  .space  of  not  more  than  si.x  months,  during  which 

5  time  the  person  may  withdraw  his  application. 

§  3.  If  the  Bishop  shall  have  ground  to  suppose  the  person  to  be 
2  liable  to  presentment  for  any  canonical  offence,  he  may,  in  his  dis- 
"  cretion,  and  with  the  consent  of  tlie  Standing  Committee,  proceed  to 
4  have  the  ajiplici^nt  put  upon  his  trial,  notwithstanding  his  having 
.">  made  the  aforesaid  declaration ;  ond  the  same  discretion  is  allowed  to 
R  the  Standing*  Committee,  in  case  the  Diocese  should  be  without  i> 
7  Bishop. 

{?  4.  In  the  case  of  deposition  from  the  Ministry,  as  above  provided  ' 
2  for,,  the  Bishop  shall  give  notice  thereof  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority 
'A  of  every  Diocese  of  this  Church. 

Rev.  Dr..  Mason,  on  beRalf  of  the  Committee  on  .the 
.Bible  and  Prayer  Book,  made  the  following  report : 

The  Committee  on  the  Bible  and  Prayer  Book,  respectfully  report: 
That  from  the  time  being  too  short,  and  the  means  in  their  poAver  in- 
sufficient to  determine  what  edition  of  the   English  Bible  to  recommend 
as  a  standard  edition,  they  offer  no  resolutions  on  that  subject. 
"With  respect  to  the  Prayer  Book,  they  olfer  the  following : 
Resolved,  The  House  of  JVishops  concurring,  That  the -Book  of  "Com- 
mon Prayer,"  as  heretofore  used  in  tlie  Church,  be  and  the   same   is 
hereby  adopted,  and  ordered  to  be  used,  with  sudi  changes  and   altera- 
tions only  as  may  bo  necessary  to  make  it  conform  to  the  change  in  our 
])olitical  relations,  tmd  to  the  Constitution  and  Canons  of  the  Protestant ' 
Episcopal  Church  in  the  Confederate  States  of.  America. 
Resolved  2,  The  House  of  Bi.^hops  concurring.  That  in  order  to  supply, 
-  in  part,  the  urgent  need  of  copies  of  tlie  Prayer  Book  for  our  soldiers 
and  sailors,  a  selection  of  such  portions   thereof  as   are  used   in   public 
worship,  be  printed  under  the  direction  of  a  joint  coi/imittee  of  the  two 
Mouses  of  this  Council. 

Resolved  S,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring.  That  a  committee  be  ap- 
pointed, with  instructions  to  prepare,  during  the  interval  between  tiie 
adjournment  of  this  Council  and  the  meeting  of  the  next,  and  to  report 
to  it,  such  alterations  in  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer  as  may  be  deemed 
]n'oper :  JProvidcd,  That  they  involve  no  change  in  thp  doctrine  or  dis- 
cipline of  the  Church. 

^      (Signed)  '  R.  S.  MASON,  Chairman.     ' 

.    On  motion,  said  report  was  made  the  order  of  the  day 
tor  this  p.  m. 

Mr.  DeRosset offered  the  following,  which,  ou  his  motion, 
was  made  the  order  of 'the  day  after  the  resolntion  of  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Peterkin. 


lS(i2.]       ,  HOUSE  0..F  BEPJJTIES.  or. 

•  '  '      ^  .   * 

WhoiOii.-;,  by  rc£ert»uCo  to  the  X  aud  SII  Articles  oi"  ph^  Coiistitmion 

it  appears,  tliat  greater  rcstricti^us  are  put- on  alterations  oi'tli'c  Constitn- 

t-^a  than  iu  changes  in  tlio  J]ools«C£  Common  Prayer,  tlierdby   reerain^' 

.to  indicate  tho' intentioQ  of. placing "tho.  latter  iii  a   position  cf  inferior 

*:!»!:-nity  and  iniportflnco  to  the  former  ;  therefor*;'.' 

^.  /^e.'folceil,  That  the  X  Artido  of  the  Constitution  bo  altfh-ed  by  strikiTi.' 
«ut  all  after  tho  word  ^'  shall  bo,"  in  the  Ptli  line,  and  inserting  the  fol 
iiVsvingi  "  A'b'P^'P'-l  iii  o^^  Geuiiral  Conocil  by  a  xnajority-bf  the  ^ou^■:e  oi 
ITishoj)?,  arid'b/  a  lahjority  of  the  Hftuso  of  Deputies,  ?;iid  Deputiet* 
oMn^by  l)io6escs'and  Orders,  agreexl  to  by  tvro-thirds  of  the  several 
i)ioces«u  Coniicil.?,  and  ratified  by  tUe' -subsequent  General  Councfl.''  '* 

•.^ir.  LlcCrady  offered  tlio  'following'  resolution,  which,  o»i 
inatioii,  w-dH  made  the  order  of  the  d;\v,  after  the  roBolution 
offcJr^d  By  Mr.  DeRosset,  to  wit : 

"  'J^,<t6hid)  Thc.ITojn'^e  of  Bishops  concurring,  That  tiic  V  Article  oilJu' 
Conslitution  be  striken  out,  nnd  tho  articles  follov,-ing  be  numboita  rn 
roufor;n  t<S  tiie'ontissjou  of  the  said  Article  Y. 

»  •  Tllib- riouse  having  resumed  the   oonsideriition- of  Ih^ 
('iinons  r^)orted  by  the  Committee, 

^liesGiD^d,  The  Qoupo  of  liishtip*;  con<;urriijg,  Tlifil  ttio  fnilo'«\  intjfCaiio:i 
liO  adopted',  io  wit:"  ,     . ,  ■ 


CA^'ON  IJl. 

Of  Bishopf. 

i  i.  [Lj  M  lu-iici  kT  ii;c  Church  iu  any  Dioc^'s.c  shall  be  dc:^i:'ous  of  lI- 
confieT^'iltiort  CI  a  Bishop  elect,  "tho  h^tandiug  Committee  of  the  Olrarcb 
iu  such  Dioceso  shall,  by" their  President,  or  by  some  person' oi-  perspu'; 
>^pecuilly  appointed,  ofemmunicate  Ihe'dcsiro  to  the  Standing  Committer- 
of  the  C&urohes  in  the  different  DiocQges,  together  with  ev''^-^-^'^'  '- '  ''- 
election,  and  a  certified  <fo\>f  cff  the  following  tefjtinjiouial :  «•• 

Tef>thnony  frOin  the  Memhcn  of  the  Council  in  tM  iJiocese   from,  jr.lirv" 

,  _        J,  tliG  Pcnoix  h  recommended  for  Gomicration. 

'•  •  ' 

•  t^.' Wc;  whoso  nfih?c4  .aro  r.julGVwritt'eu,  fully  sensible  how  imijurhici  ; 
is  that  the  sacred  office  of  a  Bishop  should  not  be  unworthily  cgnforri;', 
;ir.  1  tirmly  persuaded  th,at  it  is  our  duty  to  bear  testimony  on  this  solemn 
;ion,  without  partiality  or  alFecti(;in,  do,  in  tho  presence  of  Ai'might.v 
U'-l,  testify  that  A.  B.  is  not,  so  lar  rs  we  are  informed,  justly  liable  ti> 
i'vil  rc}>ort,'  either  tor  error  in  religion  oi'  for  viciousness  of  life,  and  that  wc 
do^not  know  or  believe  that  there   is   anj'   impediment,  on   account   oi' 
which  lie  ought  not  to  bo  consecrated  to  that  Holy  OtSco.    We  do,  more- 
over, jointly  and  severally,  declare  that  we  do,  in  our   conscicnGt\  bt; 
iicvo  hiin  to  be  of  sitoh  sufficiency  in  good  learning,  such  soundness  i^^ 
1  he  faith,  and  of"  such  virtuous  and  pure  manners,  and  godly  con  vers.", 
tion,  that  Ifc  is  apt  and  meet  to  exercise  the  office  of  a  Bishop   to  th<- 
'^onor  of  God,  and  the  e,difyincr  of  Ifis  Church,  and  to  bo  n  wholesome  ex- 
atnple'to  tho  flocjt  of  Chrisf."  ■     m 


QC,  JOtJRNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL' COUNCIL.         [Gth  Day 

[2.]  The  evidence  of  the  consent  of  thy  Standhig  Committees  shall  be  •* 
i  n  the  form  following : 

Testimowj  from  the  Standing  Committee  vf  {naming  the  Diocese). 

"  We,  whose  names  are  underwritten,  fully  sensible  how  important  it 
is  that  the  sacred  office  of  a  Bishop  should  not  be  unworthily  conferred^ 
and  firmly  persuaded  that  it  is  our  duty  to  bear  testimony,  on  this  solemn 
occasion,  without  partiality  or  affection,  do,  in  the  presence  of  Almighty 
God,  testify,  that  A.  B.  is  not,  so  far  as  we  are  informed,  justly  liable  to 
evil  report,  either  for  error  in  religion,  or  for  viciousness  of  life ;  and  *  . 
that  we  do  not  know  or  believe  there  is  any  impediment,  on  account  of  ■ 
which  he  ought  not  to  be  consecrated  to  that  Holy  Office,  but  tliat  he 
hath,  as  we  believe,  led  his  life,  for  three  years  last  past,  piously,  soberly 
and  honestly." 

[3.]  And  if  the  major  number  of  the  Standing  Committees  shall  consent 
to  *he  proposed  consecration,  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Diocese  , 
concerned  shall  forward  the  evidence  of  such  consent,  together  with 
other  testimonials,  to  the  senior  Bishop  of  this  Church,  Avho  shall  commu- 
nicate the  same  to  all  the  Bishops  of  this  Cliurch  in  the  Confederate  States  ;• 
nnd  if  a  majority  of  the  Biishops  consent  to  the  consecratic*,  the  senior 
Bishop,  with  any  two  other  Bishops,  or  any  three  Bishops  to  whom  ho 
may  communicate  the.  testimonials,  may  ]n-oceed  to  perform  the  same., 

[4.]  The  consecration  of  a  Bishop  shall,  if  practicable,  take  place  al- 
ways in  the  Diocese  of  Avhich  he  is  the  Bishop  elect. 

§2.  No  man  shall  be  consecrated  a  Bishop  of'thii  Church  until  he 
t-hall  be  thirty  years  old. 

§8.  Wheu  a  Bishop  of  a  Diocese  is  unable,  by  reason  of  old  age,  or 
other  permanent  cause  of  infirmity,  to  discharge  his  Episcopal  duties,  one 
Assistant  Bishop  may  be  elected  by  and  for  tlie  said  Diocese,  who  shall, 
in  all  cases,  succeed  the  Bishop,  in  case  of  surviving  him.  The  Assistant 
Bishop  shall  perform  such  Episcopal  dutnes,  and  exercise  such  Episco])al 
authority  in  the  Diocese,  as  tlie  Bishop  shall  assign  to  him;  and,  in  case 
of  the  Bishop's  inability  to  assign  -such  duties,  declared  by  the  Council 
of  the  Diocese,  the  Assistant  Bishop  shall,  during  such  inability,  perfown 
all  the  duti^s^  and  Qxei'd^^e  i>ll.Lh'e  alithoritics  which  appertain  to  the' 
office  of  a  Bishop.  No  person  shiil  be  elected  or  consecrated  a  Suffragan 
Bishop,  nor  shall  there  be  more  than. one  Assistant  Bishop  in  a  Diocese 
at  the  same  iime. 

§  4.  [1.]  Every  Bishop  of  this  Churcli  shall  visit  the  Cliurchcs  within 
iiis  Diocosii  at  least  once  in  three  years,  for  the  purpose  of  examining  tl^e 
etate  of  his  (,'hurch,  inspecting  the  behavior  of  his  clergy,  administertng 
tlie  Apostolic  rite  of  Conhnnation,  ministering  the  Word,  and  if  he  think 
tit,  administering  the  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper  to  the  people  com- 
mitted to  Ills  charge,  and  shall  keep  a  register  of  all  liis  official  acts. 

[2.]  No  Bishop  of  this  Church  shall  reside  beyond  the  limits  of  liis 
Diocese,  unless  with  the  consent  of  three-fourths  of  his  Diocesan  Coun- 
cil given  at  each  of  its  sessions. 

§  5.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  any  Bishop  of  a  Diocese,  who  is  about  to 
leave  or  has  left  his  Diocese,  Avith  the  intention  of  going  out  of  the  lim-  ' 
its  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  of  remaining  out  of  his  Diocese  for  the 
space  of  three  calendar  months,  altliougli  without  leaving  tike  Confeder- 
ate States,  to  authorize,  by  writing  under  his  hand  and  seal,  the  Assistant  ' 
LJishop,  or,  should  there  be  none,  the  Standing  Committee  of  such  Dio- 
cese,   to   act   as  the.  Ecclesiastical    Authority   tliereof.     The   Assistant 


9  f  •«  •        • 

*•       •     :   ■ 

1802.]  HOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.  ■ .      *  •.      '•     67 

.        *  •    ..  . 

•  Bisftop,  dr_  Stai?qing  €ommittee  so  authorised,  shall  thereupon  booonie 
the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  such  Dfocese,  to  all  intents  and  purposes, 
until  slu'h  writing  shall  be  revoked,  or  the  Bishop  shall  return  within  the 
Diocese:  Froi-hled,  That  notjiing  in  this" Canon  slrall  he  so  construed  as 
to  i)revent  any  Bisliop,  who  Tnay  have  signed  such  writing,  from  exercis- 

*ing  hisjurisdictioti  hiniselt,  so  far  as  the  same  may  bo  practicable,  during 
liis  absence  from  his  Diocese,  or  from   permitting   and   authorizing  any 

•  other  Bishop  to  perform  Episcopal  Offices  for  him.  ,  ^ 

,^  0.  The  Bishop  of  each  J)looe?e  may  compose  forma  of  prayer  or 
thanksgiving,  as  the  case  maj  require,  for'  extraordinary  occasions,  and 
transmit  tliem  to  each  Clergymaji  within  his  Diocese,  whose  duty  it'shaU 
be  to  use  such  forms  in  his  Church  on  such  occasions.  And  the'  Clei-gy' 
ill  those  States  or  Dioceses,  or  other  places  within  the  bouiils  of  this 
('hitrch,  in  i^'hich  there  is  no  Bishop,  mav  use  the  form  of  praver  or  " 
thanksgiving  composed  by  the  J^isJiop  .of  any  Diocese.  The  Bishop  in 
each  Diocese  may  also  compose  forms  of  prayer  to  he  used  before  lo'^is- 
lativc  and  other  public  bodi^.  .     .  ■ .  "        '^  ^ 

^7.  Any  l^ishop.  Assistant  Bishop,  or  Missionary  Bishop,  iuav,  on  tlie 
invitation  of  the.  Council  or  the  St.-^nding  Committee  of  any"  Diocese 
whore  there  is  no  I^ishop,  or  where  the  Bishop  is,  for  the  time,  uuder  .1 
disabdity  to  perform  Episcopal  Otiices  by  reason  of  ar  jivdicial  sentence 
visit  and  porfonn  Episcopal  Offices  in  that  Diocese,'  or  in  any  jiart 
thereof;  and  this  invitation  may  he  temporary,  and  it- may  at  any  time 
he_  revoked.  ■ 

_  §  8.-  [1.]  The  House  of  I>eputies  may,  from  time  to  time,  on  iiouiina- 
tioit  by  the  House  of  Bishops,  elect  a  suitable  person  to  be  a  llishop  oi  ' 
tins  Church,  to  exercise  Episcopal  functions  in  States  or  Territories  net 
organized  inlo  Dioceses.  The  evidence  of  such  election  shall  he  a  certi^ 
licate,  to  be  subscribed  hy  a  constitutional  majority  of  said  House  o\' 
Deputies,. in  the  form  required  hy  §  1  of  this  Canon  to  be  given  bv  the 
inembers  ot  Diocesan  Council.^  on  the  recommendation  of  JJislicps  "eled 
tor  consecration,  which. certificate  shall  be  ])roduced  to  the  H(tu.-H,' of 
l.isho^s;  and  it.  thalloupe  of  Bishoi)s  shall  consent  to  the  consecralioii  • 
tlity  may  take  order  for- that  purpose.  ,  •    , 

[2.]  The  liishop  sO  elestcd  and  consecrated  sliall  exercise  Ei)iscopal 
tuuctions  in  sncli  States  and  Tevritories,  in  confonnity  with  the  Consti- 
tution and  Canons  of  Ihis  Cluir(*h,  and  under  such  (regulations  and  in  ' 
striictions,  not  inconsistent  therewith,  as  the  House  of  Jiishops  mamn-v-- 
scribe  ;  and  tlie^House  of  Bishops  may  at  any  time  increase  or  dinmiiMi 
tile  lumiber  ot  States  or 'Territories  over  which  the  said  Bishop  or  \\\<], 
ops  shall  exercise  Episcopal  functions. 

|:?.]  In  case"  of  the  death  or  resignation  of  a  Missionary  Bishoi)  or  oV 
vacancy  by  other  cause,  the  charge  of  the  vacant  Missionary  Episcopal.- 
shall,  until  anotheV  Bisho])  l>e  electea  and  consecrated,  devolve  on  the 
senior  Bisliq)  of  this  Church,  with  the  powef  of  appointing  some  other 
hishop  as  Ins  substitute  in  said  charge.  .  • 

J4.1  Any  IJishop  elected  and  consecrated  under  this  Section  sli.^n  be 
eligiljle  to  the  otlice  of  Diocesan  Bishop  in  any  or-anized  Diocese  within' 
thoConledenite  States,  with  the  consent  of  tJiree-Vourths  of  the  Bishoi^s  ' 
■having  seat_s  in  the  House  of  ^ishops,  and  of  the  Standing  Committees  of 
.three-tourlhs  ot  the  several  Dioceses,  said  consent  to  be  signiticd  to  tli.. 
senior  hisliop  and  Announced  by  him.  And  whenever  a  Di.icese  shall 
have  been  oi:gaiii/ed  within  tlie  .jurisdiction  of  such  Missionary  Jiishop 
K  he  shall  b.e  chosen  Bishop  oP  such  Dioccse,   he  may  a.'cept  tlie  ollir'-' 


■08  *"  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GEIjrERAL  COUNCIL.       [Gtli  Dar 

•  ..    •  » 

and  shall  not  tiierebj  tacate  his  missio'uary  appoLotnltent :  Provided,  lliat 
he  continue  to  (hschavge  the  duties  'of  Missionary  Bishop  within  the 
residue  of  his  oi'itnnar  jarisdictipB,if  there  be  such  residue. 

[5.]  Every  sueli  Bish'op  may  yearly 'oppoijut  two  Presbyters,   and  two 
[jaymen  conimuuicants  .of  this  ■Church,  resident  v/ithin  Ids  missionary 
jurisdiction,  to  perform  the  .duties  of  a  Standiog  Committee  for  -such  * 
jurisdiction:  rrovided,  That  no. Standing  Committee  constituted  nndor' 
"this  Sectioi)  t>hall  have  power  to  give  ov  refuse  assent  to  the  consecration     " 
of  a  Bishop.  i  •■  '   »         *  i 

[6.]  Every  such  Bishop  shall' neport'to^iach  General  Council  his  otticiftl 
HCts,  and  the  state  and  condition  of  i^ve  Church'  in  said  States  and  Terri- 
tories of  the  Confederate  IStatet:.     •.        ■',      .  ..    '     "        '.^ 

§  9  [1.]  4'he  PTouse  of  Deputies  may,  froyi'time  to  time,  on  nomination* 
1>y  the  Hou^e  of  Bishops,  elect  a  suitable  person  to  be  a  Bishop  of  tl^is 
Church,  to  exercise  Episcopal  funqtions  in  any  missionary  station  of  this 
Cliurcii  out  of  the  Territory  of  the  Confederate  States,  which  the  llonse 
()rBishnj>s,  with.thc  concurrence  vi"  the   Hpnse  of  Deputies,  may  have 
<lesignated.  "  The  evidence  of  such  -eljection  shall  be  a  certificate,  to  be 
.subscribed  by  a -constitutioival  majority  of  said  IIous©  of  Deputies,  ex-  _ 
pressing  their  assent  to  the  said  nomination,,  whioii  certificate  shall  be  ' 
produced  to  tho'IIoiiso  of  "Biisjiops;  'and  if  the  House  of  Bisliops  "glial  1 
consent  to  th-e  consecration,  they  may  take- order  for  that  purpose. 

[2.]  Any  Bishop,  elected  and  consecrated  under  this  Sectrbn,, or  liny 
foreign  Missionary  Bishop  heretofore  consecrated  to  cx-ercise  EpiscOjfel 
fimciions  in  any  place  or  country  which  may  Jiave^been  thufe  designated, 
.  shall  have  no  jurisdiction,  exceT^t  in  the,  place  oi- country  for  which,  he 
!ins  been  elected  a"nd  donsecrated.  Ue  shall  be  ehtitled  to  a  seat,'  but  not 
i^  vote,  in  the  House  of  Bishops. "  'lie  shall  not  beconxe  a  Dioeesan  B'islioj) 
in" any  organized  DioGCSi?  witjiin  tho  Confederate  States,  unless  with  the 
.consent  of  threc-fonrtlis  or  all  the  Bishops  entitled  to  seat,s  in  the  House 
of  Bishops,  -and  iilso  with  tli*  coascn^t  of  tlic  Standijig  CofiiTtkittccs  ftf 
•  three-fpurths  of  the  Diocese^. 


persons  of  the"  age- required  by  the  Canons  of*  this  Church,  who  shall 
t^liiltit  to  him  the  tcstinidnial-rretinired  ^y  Canons  Y.  aud  VII:  of  Title 
1..  siirno'l  bv  not  less  than  two'of  tlie  oi-dained  Missionaries  of  this  Chnrcli 


\Vhc4^iay  be  subject  to  his  ch~"argOP:  ■  ProvuJed,  neverfJielcs.s,   That  if  ^lierc 
iie'only  one  ordained  Missionary  attached  tcW;he  Mi-sslon,  a;jd  capably  ^l,' 
.-icting'at  the  time,  the  s^gnlTture  of  *a  Pre^sbytor,  iinder  the  jurisdiction,  of^ 
any  l^ishop  in  ^communion  v.ifh'  thiH-fliurch,   in  .good  standing,  ni.'i;;|l)u' 
admitted  to  supply  the  deliciency.  ♦• ,  ."      ".    ■ 

,^4.]  Any  Foreign  iMissfbiiary  Bishop-  consecrated  tinder  thi.s  Section,  or 
heretofore  consetrate'd,  may,  by  andtwith  the  advice  of  tv.-o  Presbyter.-^, 
one  of  whom,  If  necessity  requn'o,  shall  be  aPresbytev.in  good,  standing 
uftd^r  the  jurisdiction  of  .any  Bishop  ,i"ii  comm.union  v.-ith  this  Chqrch, 
<lispenso  witli  thosO-stiidies  required  from  ^  caadidate  for  Orde.TS  by  tl>i- 
.  Tanftus  of  this  XJliurf  h :  FNvided,  That  no  person  shall  baordained  Priest 
by  him  v.h"b  has  not  parsed  a  satisfactory  examination,  in  the  preseuce  of 
■  wo.  Presbyters,  as  to  h^s  theolo'_dcal  learning  and  aptitude  to  teach  :  And  ' 
-iro tided ;  fiirtluer,'  T-hat  noVt';"^on  shall  be  ordained  Deacon  by  him- until  . 
'lie  shall  ihave  bc6u,  a  candidate  foi-  at  least  one  vi-ar.  yor  .sh.all  any 
Deacon  or  Priest,  who  slidll  havo  been  ordained  un^^r  thia  Section,  be 
allowed  to  hold  any  cure,  or  officiate  in  tlib'ChnVch  in  these  Cory'ederate 


1862,1  .  IK^USE  OF  DEPUTlEt^.       '  f»3 

.Stat<"',-uiili1  he  biiall  Jiavc  complied  ^¥itIl  exisftng  iJiHions,  loiaLiug  to  ili» 
learning:;  of  persons  to  bo  ordaioed.        ♦  ♦  J    ••         • 

[o.]  Auy  Forei?:^  Missionary  15ishop  elected  and  conSQcrated.under  this: 
Section,  or  any  ForPicrn  ^fissiynary  .Bisliop  heretofore  consecrated,  shall 
Iiave>u»-ifirliction  and  sroyerftnietit}  accor^in?  to  tlie-Canoiisdf  this  Church 
over  all  JTissionaries/ir  Clergymen  of  this  Chuivh.  resident  in  the  distrii^.t 
'IV  cpnntry  for  whii'fi  he  may  have  beeu  eon!5©04-ate(l. " 

[G.]  Every  such  LVish0)>  may  yearly  appoint  nqt  less  than  two,  nor  more 

than  five  Presbytery  resident  within  .hi*  missionary  Jurisdiction,  to  act  • 

^  as  a  StJfnding  Committed  upon  till  questions* .parlainiiii?  to  the  interests 

^thereof;  and,  in  case  of  the  absence  of  the  Bi^liop.from  his  jiiriailictioD! 

'ftr  of" a  vacancy  in  thfe  EpL^copate,  said  StiUiding  Committee'shall  be  the 

[■]?-elesiast!cal  Authority  of  such  inissiouary,.iuri9diction.  . 

\7.]  Kwry  Bfshop  elected  and  conSe(5ratcd.nnder  thi?*  Section,  or  For- 

cipjii  Missiouarv  Hishop  heretofore   consecrated,  'sliall  report  to   each 

*  t*eiu'ral  Couvk?il  his  official  acis,  and 'the  state  6f  tlio.  Mission  uadei^'his 

supervision.  .  s  *  k*    •  ' 

.?  10  11.]  A   Dioc«}^o  ■withoiit  a  Bishop,  or -of  ^hich  the  Bishop  is  for  • 
ihe.time  nnctw-  a  d^abllity  bj  reason  of  a  jndieial -eutence.  may,  by  it;* 
(■onncin  be  placed  'nder  tI;o  fnirEpi^scopal  charge  and  authority  of  the 
IJisliop  of  •another  Diocese,. or  of  a  ^VfissigiiarT  Bishop,  who  shall  by  thai' 
act  be  aiitliociz^l  to  perform  .ill  the  dutiesknd  otiices  of  tlie  Bishop  of 
.Uic  l)|0;rese  V)  vacant  qr  having  th^«"  Blsljof)  disabled  ;    until,  'in  thfc  case 
of  h  vacant  Diocese,  a  Bishop  be  duly  elected  .aJid  consecrated  for  the 
i^ame;    and,  in  the  #as^  of  a  Diocbse   ^T■hose  Bishop  is  disqualified  as 
aforesaid^' until  the^isqualilicatiou  be  Yomovpd ;  •  or  until,  iiueittxer  base,*. 
the  said  tivt  of  ^he  Council  be  revoked.   •.;,..  '•  , 

.  |>\|  No  J)ibcese  thtjs  placed  under  the  fuHlchijriro'find  authority  of  the 
Bishopfif  another  Diocese,  or  a  Missionary  Bishop,  shall  invite  a'  second 
l^inhop  to  perform  any  Episcopal  duty,  or "gxIroUe  authority,  till  its  con- 
nection with  tlie  first  Bishop  has  expired  or  is  revoked.  "  .  * 
'?lf  [l.f  If,  duriuEr  the 'session  of  the  General'  Counci/,  or  within  i,nx 
calendar  month?!  boTorc  tlJe  ti'seetrng  of  any  such  Council;  a  Bishop  shall 
'!esirc  to_  resign  his  ^iurisdif  iion,  he  jiiiall  make  known  ia  Tvritinn;  to  the 
i  louse. of  Bishops  such  liis  dcsii-e,  togerfhor  \vitli  the  reasons  moving  him 
tli«pet(^;  whereupon  the  llonae.  ot" Bishops  may  iuvcstfgate  the  whole 
i'.".stt_of"thoni'oposed  resignation,  including.not' only  the  facts  and  reasons 
ihat  yiay  be  set.fortdi  in,tiio  jipi>tic!ition  for  the  proposed  resignation,  but" 
any  other  !>icts  and  circjjmsta;i(ips, bearing  upc>n  it,  so  that  the  whole, 
suliject  of  the  pro])ricty  or  u»('e*i(y  of  such  res!sniation  ftiay  he  placed 
fiill/before  the  Hoase  of  Bishops..             .            .'••. 

|«.|  An  investigation  having  thi^s  bfeeu  made,  the  House  of  liishoi-s 
may  decide  on  the  applieation  ;  anfl,  by  the  vote  of  a  majority  of  thdse 
present,  accept  or  refuse  to  accept  sucli  resignation.;  and,  .in  .'(ll  cases  of 
a  proposed  re,"»igftn{1on,  the  Bishops  shall  canse  their-  procoedlpgs  to  be 
recorde<l  on  their  journal;  .T.nd,  incase  of  acceptance,  the  resignation 
shall -be.- conijdote  when  tJuis  recorded;  and  notice  thei*eof  shajl  be  given 
lo  tlic  House  of  Deputies.     •  •   '  .  ",  .         "  *  -.- 

[0.]  ]n  case  a  Bishop  should  desire  lo  resign  at  any  pe'riod  not  within 
.six  calendar  months  before'  the  meethig  «f  «  General  Council,  ho  .shall 
make  kiK>wn  to  the  senior  Bishop  such  his 'desire,  A'ith.thc  reasons  mov-' 
iu»r  bim  t'lereunto'*  whereupon  .the  gbniorj^ishop  shall  communicate, 
vaUiont  d.-hiy,  a  copy  of  the, same  to  every  liis^iop'oftliis  Church  having* 
Kcclesiastical  jurisdiction  within  tlie  Cojifederate  ijtate^,  and  also  to  the 
St.indinQj  Comnulf-o  of  flio"  T)rn,>o^o-(o  whifh  Uie  Bishop  desiriijg  to  re- 


In  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GEJ^ERAL  COUNCIL.  .    L^^tl^Pay. 

=it;ii  may  bcloiig ;  and,  nt-  llie  same  time,  summon  .suiil  ]>islifips  tx)  in^et 
liiin  in  jior^on,  at. 'a  [ilacc  to  he  by  him  desipfnated,  and  at  A  time  not  less 
than  thrcccaiendar  months  from  the  date  of  hissnmmdns;  find,..shonld  a 
iiumher  not  less  than  a  majority  of  all  the  said  Bisbd^is  meet  aftlio  time 
;ind  i>lacc  designated,  they  shall  then  hAve  Jill  this  powers  given"  ]>y  tiie 
;)ivvions  clauses  of  tiiis  Section  to  the  House  of  Bisjiops;  ami;  sliould  a. 
liumhcr  Icss'tlian  a  majority  assemble,  they  shall  ba\'t  power  to  adjc^urn 
iVoni  time  to  time,  until  they  can  secure  the  attendance  of  a  majority  of 
'all  tiie  said  Hishops.  Should  a  proposed  resignation  ,of  a  Bishop  be  ac- 
(^l)tcd,  at  any  meeting  of  the  Bishops  for  that  purpose  held  during  a 
recess,  then  tiie  senior  Bisho])  present  sliall  pronounce  such  resignation 
coniplete,  and  communicate  the  same  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of 
tai'h  Diocese,  who  shall  canse  the  same  to  be  communicated  to  the  sest;- 
ral  Clergymen  in  cliarge  ot  the  Congregations  therein.  And  it  sliall  be 
Ihe/urtlier  duty  of  the  senior  Bislioj)  to  cause  such' resignation  to  be 
fornVally  recorded  on  the  Journal  of  the  House  of  Bishops  tlvitmay  meet.  » 
in  General  Comicll  next  thereafter.  U  tlie  Bishop  desirous,  of  resigning 
^-hould'l)C  the  senior  Bishop,  then  all  the  duties  directed  in  this  Sec- 
lion  to  be  performed  by  the  senior  Bishop  sliall  dc vol  to  upon  ^the 
IJisiiop  next  in  seniority.  '  .  *    _' 

■  "|4.J  No  Bishop  whose  resignation  oT  the  Episcopal  jurisdifttion  of  a 
Diocese  has  been  consummated  pursuant  to  this  Section,  sliall  be  eligible 
to  an V  Diocese  now  in  union,' o.r  wliicli  may  hereafter  be  a*3mittfld  into^, 
iniiDU  witli  this  Church,  but  he  may  perform  Episcopal  acts  at  tiie  rcijuest 
<il'  any  Bishop  of  this  Church  within"  tiie  limits  0/  his  Diocese. 
'  [5:^  A  Bi3hpi),who  ceases,  to  haVe  charge  of.  a  Digcese,' shatt  still"  be 
•suhiect  in  ail  matiters-  to  the  Canons  and  authority  x^'  the'  General 
Council.  ■*  *  '         '  '■*■.* 

1(1.1  In  case  a  suspended  Bishop  of  this  Cliurcli  sjliuuld  desire  to 
rv'sign  at  any  period  not  within  six  calendar  months  before  tlie  mett- 
ing\if  a  Gen,eral  Council,  he  shall  make  •known  by  J-ettei*  to  tlic 
scBior  Bishop,  stich  desire;  whereupon  the  senior  Bishop  shall* c(mi 
iitunicate  a'copy.  of  the  same  to  each  Bishop 'of  tliis  Clfin-ch  having  ju- 
i-isdietion  within  the  Confederate •  States  ;  and,  in;case  a  majority  oi 
su'cli  Bishops  shall  return  to  the  Senior  Bishop  their  written  assent  to 
such  resignation,  the  same  shall  be 'deemed  valid  and  tinal;  aujj  wjsit- 
ren  inforination  of  the  said  resignation  shall  at  once  be  CQmmu'nicu,t<.Hl 
*l>y  the  senior  Bishop  to  the  Bishop  and  Diocese  Concerned,  and  to  each 
ifishop  of  .Hiis  Church.  And  it  shall  b|)  the  fi^'ther  duty  of  the  senior 
Hishop  to  cause  such  resignation  to  be  formally  recorded  00  the  Jontnal 
I  -f  tlie  House  of  Bishdps  that  may  meet  in  General  Council  next  tlierealter. 

Ordered,  Tliat  the  Secretary  convey  said  Rcsolutioii-t(^ 
the  House  of  Bishops.  '^ 

On  motion, 

RcHolccJ,  The  House  of  Bishop:^  concurring,  Thul  tlie  follow  ing  Cuuun 
W  adopted,  to  wit: 

CANON  IV.       .  . 

Of  a  List  of  the  Ministers  of  this-  'Church. 

."    5  1.  The.  Secretary  of  th-e  House  of  Deputies  shall  keep  a  register  of,  all  ' 
the  Clergy  of  thig  Clmrch,  whose  names  shall  be  delivered  to  him  jn  the 
)ollowing"'manner,  that  is,  to  say :    The  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  this 


1862.]  lIOCf^E  0I^,DEPUX1E!<.  7i 

Churoli,  ill  oucli  Diocese,  sliull,  at  the  liuie  ol'  each  G(*ncral  C'niincil,  (le- 
livcr  to  Llic  sdid  Secretary  a  list  of  tlie  names  of  all  the  Miuislers  of 
tliis'Clnu'ch  in  their  i)roper  i)iocc3tis,  ailncxini;  tlrc'-Jiamcs  of  their  res- 
])(^tivc  cures,  or  of  tiieir  stations  in  any  Colleges  or  other  k>cniinarios 
of.  Learning;  or,  iji  regard  to  tliose.  -who  have  uot  any  cur.es  or  other 
stations,  their  places  of  residence  only  ;  and  the  said  list  shall,  ft'om  i\m&  , 
to  tiine,  he  publislicd  in  the  journals  of  the  General  Council..  ^     ' 

§  &.  The  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  each  Diocese  sjiall,  during  the  in- 
tervals botwGoa  the  meetings  of  the  General  Council,  take  such  means 
of  making  known  the  admission  of  MinisTca-s  among  them,  as  shall  tefid  to 
prevent  ignol-ant  and  nnwaiy  jieoide  from  being  imposed  on  by  persons 
pretending  ti>  be  a'Uhorized  Ministers  of  this  Church.  ' 

Ordered^  Tliat  tbo  Secretary  cf)iivcy  said  Resolution  to 
(ho  J  louse  of  Bishops. 

On  motion,    •  ' 
•    Jicsohrd,  The  House  of  l>islioiis  con,cun-iiig,  That  the  Ibllow.ing'Can'oji 
be  adoptj:d,  to  wit :  •        "        t 

cAN0i;f  vi. 

'f.>/   the  moile  of  ^uMhhUi'j  Authorlzed'Editions  of  l\c  S/'()i(k'itl''lJihlf  <f 

this  Clnirch. 

Tlie  Kcclesiastial  Authority  in  each  Diocese  of  this  CJnirch  shall  ap- 
poiiit,  from  timo  tci  time,' some  suitable  pci'fon  or  persojis,  to  eompaic 
!ind  cxHTect  .«)11  new  editions  of  the  Bible  By  "the  st.'uulard  edition  agreed 
I'pon  by  the  General  Council,  and  a  certiticato  of  tlieir  liaving'bcen  so 
compared  and  corre(;ted  shall  be  published  with  ijaid  book. 

Ordered,  Tliat  the  Secretary  convey  said  resolution  to  the 
MiMise  of  Bishops. 
On  motion, 

Kerohcd,  The  Hou>e  of  lijsliups  concurring,  That  tlie  following  Canon 
I'c  adopted,  to  wit :  '  '  • 

l/AKOisnVlI. 

';/  Publiskiiitj  Bditions  r^  the  Book  of  Vomnj.oii  Praije'r.  • 

^riie  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  this  Church,  in  each  Diocese,  shall  oji- 
,])oint  ofie  or  more  Presbyters  of  th(J  Diocese,  who  shall  compare  and  • 
correct  qvery  new  edition  of  tlie  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  the  Articles, 
Onices, \Metrc  Psalms  ar.d  Hymns,  by\i  copy  of  the  standard' edit  ion  ;  and 
a  certHicate  specifying  the  name  of  the  publishing  hou.se,  and  tlu'  date 
of  said  edition  and  that  it  has'- becir  so  compared  and  corrected,  sh;dl 
])0.puhrished  with  the  same.  And  in  case  any  edition  shall  be  published 
without  such  oorrcctipn,  it  shall  Ue  the  duty  of  the  said  Ecclesiastical 
Anthority  to  give  public  notice  that  siich  edition  is  not  authorized  by  the 
Church. 

.       _      .  CANON  Vlll. 

Of  Parochial  Instruc Civil. 

The  Alinisters  uf  this  Church  who  have  clniVge  of  paTislies  nr  cures,     • 
"shall  iiot  only  be  diligent  in  instructing  the  cliildre'n  in  the  Catechisnji,  but 


.    •  •   •  . .   . 

72         •      .! (H; R.N AL  OF  THE- GENERAL  COUNCIL..  [Glh  Dn.v.* 

*  »       * 

ilnxll,  also,  1)/  stated  catechetical  Jcctures  ;nid  jnstkictk)ij„bc  liiligeut  in 
i.!jfonfliDg  the  youth  and  othwsin  thg;  Doctrine,  Constitution  and  Litxycrv' 
^'f  the  Cirarcb.         *    ■  '         '  •  ';\  '  \ 

Ordered,  Tliat  the  deeretaiy  convey  siiid  Ee:-o]nti»')  i(^ 
.♦f^ellouse  of  Bisliopg!'.  *      .  *^. 

Qn  motion  of  Mr.  Massie,    •  .        v  *    '  "     • 

Jiasohed.,  Tlie  House  of  Btsngp"?  cououri'iiig,  lliit  thieMjowiw!^  word.s 
,  le'prefixed  to  Canons  T.  IL  TIT..  TV.  V,  tj.  VIT;  J  JIT^.  as  pasj>ed->7  thiu  * 
iTouise.  to  wit:     .*  ,  '  '»■«•..•'■«    s  • 

■riTI,F..  ir^e';i!^'ERAL  KEttLLAT!0]S'.S'()l\:>FrNIStERS  A^;1> 
THEIIl  DUTIES.  '  n*  • 

•O/'ticnd,  Thai  ibc  ISecvetarv  convey  s^iid-  Keoolutloli  to. 
ihe  II(5u.'50  of  Bishops^      '    '  •'      • '     '  "••    '^  ^'  '♦     , 

I'Imj  Ibllowinfi;  Messages  "yvere  ree^vecl  fipnl  iIicIIqu^so 
of*  Bisliops;  •     •    -        .   •  '  • 

,  '  '.    ^        ,  MEbSA(?£|.XO.  111.    . 

The  liCuse  of'Bishop.'i  iiitbrros  the'  Hgnse  oi'  I)ep\ities  tliSt  ifrhas  passed  ^ 
liro  fijlowini*  I^ienolution:  <  .  "         »     *       .    '  \'  ■  ^   *    ' 

RcsolveiJ,  I'hat  Canon  J.  (gf  TitlolL)  entitled,  ''■■  7'nc  Rqnscn-t  neccss^rjf  . 
/'or  orn^'nting,^'.  f\s'  ctqnrL-yvA  fe  this  House' in  Mtjaeage •  Js'o.  11>,  yf  tho 
Mouse  rA'  Depntiee,  be  adop^tcd,  ■withthefotlowrn^;  avioa^ieuf,  to  v.-it,: 

By  the  addition  of  a;5econd  section-:-     '.  .  ■  s         '   '  *    ,     •  •' 

j  V-  .Any  Bishop  iiiiiy.'ar  hi«!'-dls<;"etion,'  license  ii^iy»siTi^tahlt!  person  to 
,.•.:!'::*  ]:iy_read«r,      '       '       '       . 

.MESriAtrS  >:o.  17,  ■,   ' 

The  llouie  of  Bishoj)?  informs' the.  Hout're  of  Depjitios',,  thatM{^Iia> 
[Kussed  the  Ibllowingresolntion,  to  wjt;  •.    '  *  • 

.     •  Rc.-iokecl  That  Canon  II.  (of  TLfcle  II.)  ©ntitJed  »'  GcMtrat  liegulat'tQn^ 
<■■/  Ministms,'^  as  conveyed  io  tliis  Ho^se  in  Jlessago' No.  20,  froni^ht'     , 
House  of  Deputies,  be  adopted.  ",.  •,       •«       .»     • 

•    Oil  motion  of  Mr.  Biittle  the  Rules  oC  Order  ^verf  su||- 
•j* elided  in-order,  to  take  lip  MepisageKo^*  16.    *  *         \ 

*Mr.  !Batt]e  offered  tjie  foUoywing,  to  wjt : 

■     '  .       '  •  •  '     • 

Resolved,  That  the  amendment  to  Canon  II. ,  as  convevtod- t.t)  ^,ilis4I<5U:^e 
i;i  }i{tssagc  No.  10,  from  the  noii^c  of  Jtrshop.s,  be'aeceiloJ  to. 

Lost:- 

^-Ordered,  That. the  bccre'<ary  inform  tiit  ilou.-.'j  of  Bi;>hop.s 
ihat^this  House  does  not  concur 'iu  «tlie  adof4:lou  of  the 
juncrrciment  to.  Cimbn  II.,  ii£  Conveyed,  to  th'^  ITou^e  iu 
Message  Xo,  16^  from  tlie  Hou^se  of  Bi^liopl. 

On  mot;joD,  '•        '  ,   ' 

,  Reached,  The  Fousc  o<t'  Bishops  concximng.  Jhat  the-folicnving  Canou,* 
ii.' ti!..?Snted.  to -wit :  '  '  '•  ,  *' 


I8ri2.i 


n O^SE ,  OF  DEPUTIES. 


Ts 


-.•  -»  C4N0X  T. 

,(->/  AiueiiabiUty^  o.ud  Utt'(ncf9:^fSr  whkh  «   Minister   may  be.  tried  and 

'  '  '      ';•••"     ' .   '  ^ ■•'vitv'isiici'/  ••-"  '  •■  • 

•     ,  •  '   -^     •    .     .  •       •         "   •    . 

I.  Evt^'y.Miniftto*  .-jhall  buVfiinonaWe  iVd-  olieificeixDinmitteti'by -liim 

■  I  iha  EccIo*ija,stioal  Auttority  of  the  Diflcosejn  •vriiicli  liV  is  cnnonifftlly 
I'r'sidAit  {fi..tli'o-timo  of ,the  charge.     '*^\-''   .  v 

'^^1*.  Every. Minister  sbAtl  be  liUblo  lo  J•rL•sontJTl^u^  mid  trial,' Tor  nn>; 
rrhiie  or  iDiinn'rulitt.  I'ov  (liat)rderly  chndiict-,  fqr  drunk eny ess,  for  i^>rofaiu' 
''wonVi^p,  ibr  Iref^uoiifinf:  pl.'ircs. liable  to  be  abiif^ed  to  licentk)'>7?noss.  nml 
iW^-^oIatioii  of  the  Coii?titirlion.  or  Cairons  of  t4us  Clniri.-li.  or- of  the 
i)i»ceso  to  iV'idc'li  ho  beloHjrs;  ftiid;  on  beiiiii  found, gnilty,  be  sball  Iki 
Mitrton^shed,  pu'ycnde(:l,  or  degrpd^d.  ac(.*ordinrr  {o  the  Capon?  eft"  tl'i'-' 
i 'iocesoin.Vkkb  the  ti-iiil  tnket;  pliici'.  *       ,  •   ■*      .   ." .       •      *  ,* 

§  8,  A  C!40j;f;,vinr.ti^-lrQ  ]rr^s.ettts  ftl^ei'son  U*  Ui<-'BL-]i'«')[)fnr  iioly  Onlerji. 
IIS  spe(?Rled  in  rln'  oi'ic^  foi;  Urdiirati'-ni,  •without  bav.ing  uood  gronudb'ln 
believe*  tb.ft  l.ho  rcciviis^'dious  of  ibe  Canens  ha,vc  been  Pon>pli*d  witli,  cliidl 
bo.  lialifr  lo  Eodcsjfi'stical  cv!n*u5*«  .  •  %     '  ',■  .'J  •   •' 

.§•{-.  ifn  Mijiistar  o.f  thfs  Ctjiircb  siiiill  be  ac'iisodj  liy  publicrr.inonr,  o'' 
dis^on<Biirl\i2:  all  cxcrciipe  o^tbe  inini:->terlnboffico  Avithout  lawful  o.anec, 
oif  of  U^-in^r  in  tbo  b)ibi(»H;*  dtsuFor  of  .ptiMic  vrorsbip  or  of  tb«*  Holy 
!]ueli*ri^t  aoodrdinrr.to'lbe^fnoes  oi  tbi.-;  Gburcb,  or  of  being "pniltv  <if 
;-c»ndalous,  rqihiorr.l,'or  disordorly  conduct,  cir  oTviolatinij'thc  Gait'ousoi' 
proacbin,s:  *»incrdct.tlnj:  Uorotical  doctriiuv  it-^hall  be  ibe  dt^ty  of  tin; 
iVisliop,  oi\  it"  thov^*bo  !v«i>-i^r;bOp;  of'tbo  Cieficnlincnibers  of  the  Staiul- 
ui.ff^Cioniraj,tteo,  t.«  see  tiiat  in  iuqniry  bo  institntcd  as  to  tbe  truth  of  tucli 
!)ublie«runi()Uh#  'AM  in  cai^  "of  tbo  individiinl  being  proceeded  against 
wid  oonvictetf  act'ordJTTji  to  -such  rulQs  or  jirocesg  fts  may  bo  provided  by 
iht  Coifncillo^flie  j'e^iect!  vd  Dmces'es,  ho  shall  be  a^lnioiiisbed,  snspeu- 
<io(l  or  degraded,  h^  the  na]  "ire  of  the  case  may  i'?>qinr<3,  in  coilfonuity 
\vitb,"t.belr  respective  Const  tii^ions  «iud  Cantm?!.  and  if  lio  Ije  degrarie»l\ 
notice  tWcoT.pball  bo  givu  l  t^o  the  EcclesJastieal  Authority  of  each  l)\u- 
ecse,  ,.indn-e«.!  bclbre  ^vcr  Congi^gittiTJn '  of  the  Diocese,  to  wljich  lir 
bdongs,  on  tV(>  oecjTsion  ot  public  \ror.sbip  next*  attei^  th<i  rq^dptic^i  oi 
^.ueh'notice^  .       .         .     *  ' 

Or.dered,  'Xhiit  (be 
fliolldusc'.of  "Bishd 
Oil' inqtloD-, 

Jlaoltedy  Tbe  noiuc  di 
H^j  •adppte<l,  to  V  it :     - 


Bgcrcftjviy  ■  CT:H>vey.  said  ]{esol],itioA  to 


iyhops-cuacnrriiig,  •J.hat  tl^e  tolluwio'^  Caiidii 

I  cxkb-k  II. 

*'Jrictl  of  Prmu^ers  iiM'.Deacvn^vmder  Miasionunj  Jnrisdiciioin 
:'  1.  The Jur;sdict!V)rf  oT'|bis»  flburch  c'xtPudiiij;  in  right,  thougli:  uul 
always  in  form,  to  alj.  ]u-'»ons' belonging  to  it  \vifhin  the.Confedera*- 
^tafcf^and  Territoricfs,  it  iSlfcrcby  enacted,  That  each  Mifsign.ary  IJishoj) 
slitfl  have  jur}^^(liption  ovSr  the  Clergy  in  the  district  assigned  hiin,  and 
'may.  in  case  a  ]ir(i)6entii!e#  jftid  trial  of  .a-Clcrgymnn  become  proper,  re- 
»piest  flio.  actioy  ol*  any  Jj'rei^bj'.ter.s  Qud  Standing  Omnmi'ttce,  in*  Tiny 
l)io*cos<*..sutReiently  near,  and  tlie  x>repcntrfient  and  trial  sbnll-be  aeoording 
to  tho*C6nstitntioirand  C^uonf?  of  said  IMocesc.  Or,  if  tliero  bo  aStand- 
ing.  Committco  ;iinioint<'(V  bv  l!,.'  Aii^cionnrr  1>ipboT>.  't'lc  (^•^fir'nl  vjvm- 


a 


JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL. 


[6th  Day 


ber^  tliereof  niny  make  presentment,  and  the  trial  shall  take  place  ac- 
cording to  the  Constitution  and  Canons  of  any  Diocese  of  this  Churcli 
which  may  have  l^een  selected  at  the  time  of  the  appointment  of  such 
Standing  Committee  :  Provided^  That  the  Court  shall  be  composed  of  at 
least  three  Presbyters,  excluding  the  members  'of  the  Standing  Commit- 
tee and  the  accused.  *      ■ 

^  2.  If  any  Minister  of  this  Church,  acting  under  a  Foreign  Missionary 
fippoiiitment,  and  ■within  the  jurisdiction  of  a  Foreign  Missionary  Bishop 
of  this  Gluirch,  shall  commit  any  ofteuce  for  which  Ministers  may  be  tried 
and  ])unished,  or  shall  refuse  obedience  to  the  lawful  authority  of  the 
Missionary  Bishop,  such  Clergyman  shall  be  proceeded  against  according 
to  the  Cojistitution  and  Canons  of  any  Diocese  In  this  Church,  which 
may  have  been  selected  at  the  time  of  the  appointment  of  the  Standing 
Committee  of  such  missionary' jurisdiction:  Provided,  That  a  present- 
ment shall  first  be  made  bythe  members  of  said  Standing  Committee,  or, 
if  the  accused  party  l)e  a  member  of  the  Standing'  Committee,  by  the 
other  member  or  members  thereof.  ' 

§  3.  Tlie  Court  for  the  trial  of  such  Minister  shall  consist  of  five  Pres- 
byters, excluding  the  members  of  the  Standing  Committee;  or,  if  there 
"oc  not  five,  then  of  all  the  members  of  suchjmissionary  jurisdiction.  It 
there  be  more  tlian  five,  then  shall  the  Standing  Committee  select,  by 
lot,  the  five  who  shall  compose  tlie  Conrt,lwhich  Court  shall  proceed 
in  the  trial,  according  to  the  Canons  of  t^lie  General  Council  of  tliis 
Cliu'rch,  so  far  as  the  sarne  niay  be  applicable  to  such  a  case  ;  and  where 
no  provision  is  made  adequate  to  tlie  exigency,  the  Court  sliall  consider 
and  adjudge  the  case  according  to  the  princi  iles  of  law  and  equity. 

§  4.  The  sentence  of  the  Court  shall  be  rer  lered  to  th-e  Bishop  of  such 
ujissionary  jurisdiction,  who  shall  have  pow  ;r  to  revise  and  modify  the 
same,  and  tlie  decision  pf  the  Bishop  shall  b  i  final  and  conclusive. 

Ordered.,  Thai  the  Secretary  cou'ley  said  Resolutiou  U) 
the  House  of  Bishops. 

'  On  motion, 

'Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  coucurriu<  , 
1)C  ado^^ted,  to  wit: 

.  CA^'ON  111. 

Oj  a  CleVfjijiiUDi  in  one  Diocese  or  Missiona  if  JJistricl  char(jcable  trlLk 


Misdemeanor  in  arlo^  p'. 


§  1.  If  a  Clergymjfn  of  this  Church,  belon: 
sionary  District,  shall  in  any  other  Diocese 


That  the  fulloning  Canon 


ng  to  any  Diocese  (jr  Mis- 
Missionary  District,  con- 


duct himself  in  such  a  way  as  to^be  chargeable;  with  misdemeanor,  th^ 


)tice  of  the  same  to  the 
3ally  resident,  exliibi«ting. 
,  for  presuming  its  correct- 
thus  informed,  shall  omit, 
mst  the  offending  Clergy- 


Ecclesiastical  Authority  thereof  shall  give 
Ecclesiastical  Authority  where  he   is  canon! 
with  the  information  given,  reasonable  grouni 
iiess.     If  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority,  when  ' 
t^r  the  space  of  three  months,  to  proceed  agi 
man,  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the  Diocese  or  Missionary  District, 
within  which  the  alleged  offence  Avas  commitjbd,  may  institute  proceed- 
ings, and  the  decision  given  sliall  be  conclusi^ 

*  2.  If  aClergyman  shall  come  temporarily  ^to  any  Diocese,  under  the 
imputation  of  having  elsewhere  been  guilty  of  mny  crime  or  misdemeanor, 
or  if  any  Clergyman,  while  sojourning  in  an4  Diocese,  shall  misbehave, 
the-  Bishop,  ■  upon  probable  cause,  may  admonish  such  Clergyman,  and 


'802.1  ■  •  HOUSE  OF  r>EPUTIES. 


75 


..i-].iy]_I,nni..„rt,ciatc.i>snM  Dlocesv.     And  U\  aftoi-  swd,   Mroluhition 
(iK'sanU  or«;n)an8o  olhciaio,  Uic  Ecolcsiustical  Aulliontj  sliall  <nvo 
no,  HH,   o  all  tl.eClei-y  .'uuU,v,„g,.ofrations  in  snid  Diocoso,  that  tlie  (ini«i: 
a(,inj,''o(  tl,c  saul  Clergyman  is  prolnMtod  ;  and  like  notice  sljall  l.o  -ivon 
(V.  the  Eoelesiastical  An  l.or.ly  of  tliq  Diocese  to  whicli  the  said  Cl'er-v- 
ninn  I.elon-.      And  such  i)roinhitiun  sJiall  coniinue  in  force,  nntd  The 
.EcclcsiastiRal  Anthonty  ot  the  first  named  Diocese  he  satisfied  of  the' 
.lUum-enco  ot  the  said  Clergyman,  or  until  he  he  acquitted  ou  trial 
^^  .S.   1  lus  provisions  of  the  last  Section-shall  api.ly  to  Clergymen  ordain- 
<;d  m  loreign  countnes  l.y  Bishops  in  communion   with  this  Church- 
yoruM,  Ihat  in  such  case  notice  of  thq  i.rohihition  sliall  he  eiven  I.". 
^UieEcclesiastica- Authority  under  whose  jurisdiction   the  CkTi.vman 
shall  a].pear  to  have  last  been,  and  also  to  all  the  IJishons  eiereisi.  . 
inrisdiction  in  tliis  Churcli,  ^'     eieii^isin- 

OnlcreJ,  That  the  Secretary  convey  said  Resolution  to 
the  dloiisc  of 'Bishops.;  •  .         .. 

On  motion,  .  *• 

:  A*€^ohcd  The  House  of  Jiishops  cuucurring,  That  the  following  Canon 
lie  anoptotl,,to  \r\t :      ,  ^ 

CANON  IV, 

Of  Ueinoiciaiion  of  the  Miiiisti-i/. 

•  >  1.  if.  any  Ministerof  this  Church,  against  whom  there  istio  Ecclesi 
Jn't  t  I.m-ifv  r'^  institnt(,d,  sliall  declare,  in  writing,  to  Uio  Ecdosiasti- 

..I  Authoiity  to  which  he  he  ongs,  his  renunciation  of  thaiMinistrr,  and 
h  s  design  not  to  omciate  in  tuture  in  anj  of  the  offices  th^-eol'  said  I  c' 
cles.nstical  Authon  y  shall  record  the  declaration  so  madel  Tlie  Bishor. 
^h       ,""'  '^yr^  ^""  Irom  the  Ministry,  and  prououncQ  and  record  in 

he  presence  of  two. or  more  Clergymen,  that  the  person  soMeclarin-^  Ins 
be^-n  deposed  fmm  the  Ministry  of  this, Church;    and  i^  there  he   no  " 
l.jshop  in  such  Diocese,  the  same  sentence  may. he  pronahnccd  by  the 
lo/HiLl^mTOso     ■         ''''  '"''""^  ^'''  "''  ^''"^l'"S  Committee  to  attend 

in!  n;/Annf  .^'^'^''^'f '^  Authority,  to  whom  suclixleclaration  renounc- 
m;'  the  jNtinisfy  IS  made,  shall  have  reason  to  believe  that  the  person 
.as  cicted  unadvisedly  and  hastily,  all  action  thereupon  may  be  fotboriie 
■  or  the  space  of  not  more  than  .six  months,  during  whioh  time  the  person 
:iiay  withdraw  his  application.  i^i.^-i. 

?  0.  If  the  iiishop  shall  have  ground  to  suppose  the  person  to  be  lial»Ie 
lb  presentment  tor  any  canonical  offence,  he  may,  in  1  is  discretion    amL 
Nv.th  the  consent  of  the  Standing  Committee,  prc.c'eed  to  have  the  apnli-^ 
rant  put  i.]>on  his  trial,  notwithstanding  his  having  made  the  al'.i^s!,!;!  . 
de.l.-iration;  ahclthc  same  discretion  is  allowed  to  the  Standing  Commit- 
tee, in-case  tlie  Diocese  should  be  without  a  JJishop  v^oinmu 

>-  4  In  the  case  of  deposition  from  the  Ministry,  as  above  provided  foi' 
the  n.s^iop  shall  give  notice  thereof  to  the  Eeclcsi:i.stical.  Authority  ci 
every  Dioocse  ot  this  Church.    .•/...  .^vi.moiiLy  oi 

'Ordered,  That  the  Secr6taj-y  convey  said  Kesokition  to 
the  JIousc  ot  Bishops. 

„  On  motion  of  Rev.  Mr.  Hanson, 

be'Idott'ed'Jo'wiJ?"'"  ^^  Bishops  concurring,  That  tlie  following  Canon 


*76      *         JOUKNAf.  OF  THE' GEN'ERAL  COUNCIL.     /[(jTbDaj. 
•  ♦ 

'  *  *     Li  '  •  t' 

ofthfi  /\h<Ufloumeirf,nf'iMe  Communion  of  i  ,'iis  iV-m'rh  hij-  a  PrcfViftcr  or 

Deacon.  • 

.j;  1.  1!'  aiiy  rrc'^bytor  pr  Deaconjshall,  v.itiioiit  availing  lahuselt' of  thf 
,  l>i'ovisions  of  Chnon  IV.  of  this  Title,  al-andon  the  Conimimioii  of  tlui". 
't^'hurcL,  either  bv'an  opeu  renunciation  of  the  doctrine    discipline'  au'di 
worship  of  tiiis  Ohn'reh.  oj*  by  a  formal  admission  into  any  religions  bwl^; 
iiot  in  commnnibu  "wjtn  ihe  same,  it  phall  be  the  duty  of  the  Standiiii;^- 
*  Oomniitioe  of  the  Dioce>!e  to,  mnke-eertificate  of  thjj  fact  to  tlie  Bishoji 
of  tlje'^Dioeese,  ow, 'if  there  be  f\o  Bishop,  to  tli^'  Bishop  of  an  adjacenl " 
Dioc'eso.;  Mrliiclioerflficate' shall  be  recordecl.   and  shall  be  taken  am}, 
deemed  .by  tlie'  Bishop 'as  equivalent  to  ;;  renniipiation'of  the  Ministry  by 
the  M4nist(?r  hiics^-lf.     Kotice  shall  .tiien  be  given,  to  the  said  Mini.'itcrj  by 
the  said  Bishop  receiving,  the  certificate,  .that  unless  he  shall,  within  t^ii 
months  after  being  jiotiiie.i.  yiake  declaVati'on  that  the  facts  alleged -in 
said  certiiiGate  aife  f;ilst»    Ik?  avIII  be  ^epose^  Jrom  the  Ministry  of  tliis 
Ohurotlv        •  ',  .•       .     •    »  /.  V 

■  ?  3.  And  if  .i'U'irdcclai*iit"|)n  r)e*i!ot*mat3e  ^vitlun*  six  ijjoutlis  as  afure- 
,sai^  Iha  Bish(5p  shall  dq.'pso  said  Minister  froni  f^io  Ministry,' and  pro- 
nounce apd  record,  in  thd  presence 'of' t\vo  or  moi-e*Pi«e?byters,  th;U  \'.y 
lias  been, so  deposed.  *  '  »    4  «  •' 

.ProFi(7cd,Wievertfich'S-%  Tlrat  if  ihe  NihusteV  ^t)<re1iounciu!'*shall  traiis- 
niit  to  thc.BisLop  reo^ivin^  thck-  ceHificate,  a,  rctract!6n  ot  tli^c?  acts  or 
uedaration.i  constitufiji^  hi.s  offencOi,  tho  Bish»p  may,  at  Ij^s  d'iscfction, 
abstain  from  any  fnrtlwr  proceedinJ^^!.     "     '  .       ■  .         ' 

Ordered, ■  T]i£it  the   Secu'etary.  convey  stiid  Kcsolutioii  lo 
lio.  Hoiiso  .of  Bisho^ps. 
IIoQse  t( 

TneHojase  .projceed6'd  to  'consrder  iIm?  special' ordciy  to 
\Yit:  the'Repoi't  qf  the  Committcp  on  the  BiWeftnd  Prgvi'i- 

Book.  -V.v  ■"   ■'  '-    ^•♦'>    "*         .'     ''  .         •       .^    '    ■' 
On -iiioliou  of.J\ii',  Phekm,   tho,  Isi;  Iwi^goh^ioii   jn   siiid 

Report  was  'adopted. .    ••  *     '*,.•'       ''••'.  '  •    , 

On -motion  of  ]\Iiv  JMassifej  thfe  2d*Resoluticfii  was  adopted. 

•  llev.  Mr.  Clarke  moved  to  strike  out  ot  the  od  Rosohi- 
•.tign  all  between  the  word  "prepare"  and  the  Vv'ord  *'such,"' 
.  aiid,  insert  the  foHowiilg:.  ''and- repwt  to  Kii  acljourncd 

meeting" of -this  Colmt^fl  one -^-ear  hence,"    .IjOJjt.  •        ;• 
, '   Oil  inotioji  of  R&v.  Dr.?  Hubbard,  the»vote.  \^:hercb^'  th;'' 

{ louse  adopted  the  1st  Resolution 'was  reconsidered.     . 
■     >j\ev.   Mr.    Crane  moved,  .to- re-commit  the '1st;'  iti^d-.'M 

liesolutions  to  the  Committee,. .  -Lost.  .      .    ..- 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Phclan  the  1st  ResolutfoU  Avas  ajoiend- 

cd  hf  adding  after  the  word  "adopted"  the  following  words  : 

"until  the  regular  meeting  of  the  next  General  Council:'" 

•    On  motion  of  the  same  tho   Hesolutioii  as  amended  was 

adopted,  to  wit :      •  •  . 


The  IIoQse  took'a.redess^til'l  7,  o." clock' .P."  M. 


w* 


C'\*EKINU    PESSCOX. 


1862.1  '.  IIOUSlJ  OF  DE^^TIE^^.  77 

Rnolcerl,  I,  The  Hou«e  of  Bishoirs  coyourrinSr.  Tli:it  Uie  /'  iiook  of 
<  'ommon  Prayer,"  as  heretofore  used  in  this  Ohnrch,  b^,  ^ud  tlio  samei:^ 
iiereby  adopted,  until  tlte  regular  meeting  of  the  next  (lenerr.l  Oouocii, 
.  .•ind.xtrtlered  to  be  used  with  such  chaiipes  and  alterations  only  as  may 
be  necessary  to  make  it.  conform  to  the  cbanfre  in  oui?  politieql'j'etaticni^, 
'  and  to  the  (JoTwtitntion  nn'd  Canons  of  the  iS-ote-'stRnt  Episcopdl  Otjurcb 
in  the  ConfedaTrate  States  of  Anierien.  '  ,•  ,     • 

Mr. 'McCrady  nioVcd  ip  amend  the  3d  Kcsolution,  by 
sM'ikin.G:  out  the  word  '"or"  between  the  -vfords  "doctriufc''' 
and  ^Miscipline"  and  inserting  the.  words  '*ai'  wordhiji." 

Pending  tbq  discussion,  thQ  jfouse'on  ni(yti«n,  adjouru^Ol- 
till  to-morrow.  ^*  ^ '  ■   •    "    .-        ,  *.     '    ' 

.  ;^WK?N'TH  HAV'S  SESSfON-  '•  ♦'  •'    -     ' 

ACGrsTA,  ¥oV.  19,  1H62.   ' 
The  Hoiise  lui^tat^lO  o'Tctook^  A.  M... 
.  Morning  Prayer  Avds  read  1)y  the  E^c^v.^Mr.  iluske.and  * 
the  Pev.  I)r.  llubbardj      *    ./.'vi..    ,.^''"*'         •     •'      ** 

The  minutes  of  yesterday's  proceedirlgs  were  read  aiid 
ronfirmed.         .*  .•'•,,..",' 

The  Committer, Oil  Canpits  ttdpoi:ted  forcojiRidejjUiou.ttie"' 
.     I'ollowing  Canons,  to  wit :  *  ' 


^.  tji.*&ie/-if!/m0ii  AhseiiilicQ  Mmci/'jl'roiu  Uiif  IJwcc.sl.. 


CANUN  YL 

.Whtiu  a  Cl<?rsryman  lia^eeii  ftbieiit  fr6m  .the  Itiocese  tw  ■^rliicb  he»be^ 
um'^s,  durjng  f\vo  year?>i'  -vrithoufe  rea^ous  sati^Uicfory  to  tho  J^sboif 
tlierooT,  Uc  shall  bg  refpired  by  tho  Bishop  to  declare  tiic  caivso  or  cniises 
t*l..'re<>f  in  Avriting;  and  if  Jio,  refuse  to  give  hi.4'"Te;}!»o,ns,  oi~if  they  be. 
■loi  r.ted  insufficient  by  tho  Bisltop,  tW.  Bisliop,''  after  duo,  uotiilcaitioii'-  ck  ' 
sit(!:  insnfncnency,  may,  T.ith  the  «dvieeand  con-'cnt  o't'tbe  OlerWUMe^ji- 
bo;-^-**»1'  tb(^Standing  ConiirtitteO.  suspf^id  him  from  tliQ'Min'strV  ;  \vljrch' 
-jl  j'.'i'.sion  sball  continue  nntrl'liH  sjiall  gife.  in  wj'iting;  sufrioi(»nt  reasoiis 
for  !ii*»U)sen6c,for  until- he  shall  rerie\\'  bis  residence  ift  l>is  ])ioee<»o,:or- 
urw '.'  '•'•  shiijr  ivnouncc  tJie  iUnistjH-  actordiug  to  (/anon"  l\ .■  of  fbis  Titli-. 
liil:^  (^e  of  ffucli  suspension 'asr  ai)ove  provided  tot,  tfie  Bishop  sb.ali 
•Av'--  iiVace'tbbreof  (m  tlio  Vr-j'Ie-ili'-fir,:!  VniMontv  ,  i'  ov^w  n'-K.V»r:i'  '•■>' 
iTi^-  '  '.hTirffr.     ■ 

i!^%v    '  '■>■ '  '    ^;AVi^.\>i.  ^  .^^.     . 

(\  n^ Abundommd  of  i/ic' y'<vn'm"nihti'fif  th^ (ihi.Oxh  by  a  Jici'/i'h'. 

If  4in/i>isRop  ataudon  the  Comunmionidftiiis  C)»nrcb,Vitheai*y  optju-' 

1  y  reiicnmcing  it.^  doctrine,  discipiiup*  alul  •\vor.->liip,  or  by  lV>rnialiy  uniting,*, 
hinisel!    xyitb  ahy^  religions!  body  uot  in  connuunion  willi  the  ''ame^  tho'-* 
Stfin(^!,v.  ■>'nmmi5te"c  of  .tlie. Diocese  .•^hall  make  certiiknte  of  Uu}  fact  f<f    . 
I  he  stMiiui-  liisbdii,  wliick  tertilicfttc  shall  be  recorded,  and  shall  be  taken i ' 
and  deemed  as  e<i,iTivalcjrt  to  :i  venunr-iatiun  of  tho  Mini-<try  b\'"theBish(jj. 
himself.  ^  .    *  •  ' 


Y8  JOUENAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL"!  f7th  Day 

Notice  sliall  then  be  given  to  said  Bishop  by  the  senior  Bishop  receiv- 
ing the  certificate,  that  unless  \e  shall,  within  Six  months  after  being- 
notified,  make  declaration  that  the  facts  alleged  in  said  certificate  are 
false,  he  will  be  deposed  from  the  Ministry  of  this  Ohuj-ch.',  ,* 

And  if  such  declaration  be  not  made  within  six  months  as  a'forefaid,' 
the  senior  Bishop,  with  the  consent  of  the  majority  of  the  House  of 
Bishops,  shall  depose  from  the  Ministry  the  Bishop  so  certified  as  aban- 
doning, and  shall  pronounce  and  record,  hi  the  presence  of  two  or  more 
J^ishops,  that  he  hasl)een  so  deposed. 

CANON  vrn. 

()/  the  Trial  of  a   JMshoi/. 

%  1.  Any  Bishop  of  this  Church  may  be  presented  ibr  trial  on'charges 
for  the  following  offences,  viz:  (1.)  Crime  or  immorality,.  (2.)  Holding 
and  teacliing  publicly,  or  ])rivateiy  and  advisedly,  any  doctrine  contrary 
to  that  held  by  the  Protestant  Episcopal  ChuTch  in  the  Confederatr 
States.  (3.)  Violation  of  the  Constitution  or  Canons  of  the  Diocese  to 
whicji  he  belongs.  (5.)''Any  act  which  involves  a  breach  of  his  Oi-dina- 
'tiori  or  Consecration  vows. 

*  ^  3. .[!.]  The  proceedings  shall  commence  bj'  charges  in  writing;  and, 
except  when  the  charge  is  holding  and  teaching  doctrine  contrtiry^  tothat 
held  by  this  Church,  shall  be  signed  by  either  .  '       ^       '      . 

Five  male  Communicants  of  this  Clmrch,  in  good  standing,  belonging 
t  o  the  Diocese  of  the  accused,  of  whom  two  at  least  must  be  Presbyters ;  or, . 

By  seven  male  Communicants  of  this  Church,  in  good  standing,  of 
whom  two  at  least  shall  be  Presbyters,  and  three  of  which  seven  shall 
belong  to  the  Diocese  of  the  accused,  •  . 

[2.J  Whenever  a  Bishop  of  this  Church  shall  hfkve  reason  to 'believe 
that  there  are  in  circulation  rumors,  reports,  or  chai*ges  aff'ectiug  hi,-; 
moral  or  religious  character,  ho  may,  if  he  please,  acting  in  conformity 
vith  the  written  advice  and  consent  of  any  ttfo  of  his  brother  Bisho])s 
whom  he  may  select,  demand  of  the  Presidiut:  Bishop  of  the  House  of 
Bishops,  or  if  he  be  the  Bishop  aftected  by  such  minors,  or  if  he  be  rev 
lated  to  him  within  the  degrees  hereinafter  mentioned,  then  to  the  Bisho]) 
next  in  seniority  not  so  related,  to  convene  a  Board  of  Inquiry  in  the' 
mode  hereinafter  set  forth,  to  investigate  such  rumors,  reports,  and 
charges,  and  to  i)roceed,  in  all  respects,  according  to  the  ])rovisioos  of 
tliis  Canon,  as  if  charge*  Iiad  been  forniAlly  made'in  either  of  the  two . 
modes  first  mentioned  in  this  section.  .  " 

[S.]  Whenever  charges  are  formally  made  in  either  of  the  modes  first 
above  mentioned,  the  accusers  may,  if  they  choose,  select  a  Lay  Commu- 
nicant of  this  Church,  of  the  profession  of  the  law,  to  act  as  their  ad- 
viser, advocate  and  agent,  in  preparing  the  accusation,  proofs,  etc.,, until 
such  time  as  a  Board  of  Inquiry  is  convened  in  such  manner  as  is  here- 
inafter provided  for;  or  they  may  prepare  such  charges  theniselves, 
•without  regard  to  any  particular  form ;  and,  in  either  case,  the  grounds 
of  accusa^on  must  be, set  forth  with  reasonable  certainty  of  time,  place 
'and  circumstance.  ■  ■   .         * 

■    ^  «.^ The  charges,  having  been  prepared  in  either  of  the  modes  \\v^{ 
.above  mentioned,  shall  then  be  delivered  to  the  Presiding  Bishop  of  tliis 
Church,  if  he  be  not  the  accused,  nor  related  to  the  accused  in  any  de- 
gree uientioned  hereinafter  in  this  Canon  ;  in  either  of  wlwch  cases,  th  e, 
charges  shalfbe  delivered  to  the  next  Bishop  in  seniority  not  so  related  . 


1862.]  nOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.    .  ■    '    79 

§  4.  A  Board  for  making  a  preliminary  inquiry  into  charges  thus  pre- 
ferred, shall  be  constituted  as  follows,  whenever  such  lioard  sliall  bo 
necessary,  viz :  •  . ' 

[1.]  The  Presiding  Bif«hop,  or  senior  Bishop,  as  the  case  may  be,  to 
whom  such  charges  are  delivered,  shall  take  the  list -of  Deputies  to  the 
last  General  Council  that  was  held  before  such  charges  were  presented, 
and  from  that  list  shall  choose  by  lot  two  Presbyters  and  two  Laymcii 
from  the  deputation  of  the  Diocese  of  the  accused,  and  two  Presbyters 
and  two  Laymen  from  eacli  of  the  respective  deputations  of  the  three 
Dioceses  adjoining  that  of  the  accused ;  and  if  there  be  not  three  ad- 
Joining,  of  the  three  nearest  thereto ;  and  if  more  than  three  Dioces^-^ 
adjoin  that  of  the  accused,  those  three  that  have  the  largest  number  of 
canonically-resident  Presbyters  in  them,  shall  be  accounted  adjoining,  for 
■  the  purposes  of  this  Canon  ;  and  the  sixteen  individuals. thus  'selecte<l  by 
lot  shall  constitute  the  Board  of  Inquiry,  a  majority  of  whom  shall  form 
a  (juorum  for  doing  business. 

1 2.]  The  Presiding  Bisliop,  or  next  in  seniority  as  the  case  may  be; 
immediately  after  thus  selecting  by  lot  the  Board  of  Inquiry,  sliall  giVo 
notice  thereof  to  each  member  of  said  Board,  and  direct  hhn  to  atten<l 
at  a  time  and  place  designated  by  him,  and  organize  the  Board  ;  and  it 
sliall  bo  the  duty  of  each  member  so  to  attend.  The  place  must  be 
within  theJDiocese  of  the  accused.  Tho  Presiding  Bishop  shall,  at  the 
same  time,  send  a  copy  of  tho  charges  to  the  senior  Presbyter  of  those 
thus  selected  by  lot  from  the  four  Dioceses. 

[-3.]  On  assembling,  the  Bo.ard  shall  organize  by  clioosing  from  anion* 
themselves  a  President  and  Secretary,  and  shall  also  appoint  a  Churcli 
^  Advocate,  who  must  be  a  Lay  Communicant  of  thi*  Church,  and  of  the 
'  profession  of  the  law,  and  who  thenceforward  shall,  in  all  stages  of  tlio 
proceedings,  if  a  trial  bo  ordered,  represent  the  Clmrch,  .and  be  the  party 
on  the  one  liand,  while  the  accnsed  is  the  party  on  the  other.     The  eit- 
tings  of  the  Board  shall  be  private;  the  Churcli  Advocate  sh.all  not  at- 
tend as  prosecuting  counsel,  but  shall  bo  at  all  times  at  hand  and  in  rea- 
(line*  to  give  his  advice  in  all  questions  submitted  to  him  by  the  Board. 
_  [4.]  In  conducting  the  investigation,  the  Board  shall  hoar  tho  accusa- 
tions and  such  proof  as  tlie  accusers  may  produce,  and  shall  dotermint- 
whether,  upon  matters  of  law  and  ot  fact,  as  presented  to  them,   there 
is  sufficient  ground  to  put  the  accused  Bishop  upon  his  trial ;  and  in  such 
investigation,  as  Avell  as  in  all  cases  of  trial  by  an  Ecclesiastical  Court 
now  authorized,  or  hereafter  to  be  authorized,  by  the  Constitution  ui- 
Canons  of  the  General  Council,  the  laws  of  the  ^ate  in  which  such  in- 
vestigation or  trial  is  had,  so  far  as  they  relate  to  the  law  of  evidence, 
^  sIimII  be  adopted  and  taken  as  the  rules  by  which  the  said  Board  or  Court 
*  sh.'ill  be  governed.     If  a  majority  of  the  Board  present  on  such  invcstiga- 
.tion  shall  be  of  opinion  that  there  are  sufricieut  grounds  to  put  the  accuso(l 
Hibhop  upon  his  trial,  they  shall  direct  the  Church  Advocate  tu  prepare 
a  presentment,  to  be  signed -by  such  of  the  Board  as  agree  thereto  ;  and 
to  that  end,  shall  place  in  his  hands  all  the  charges,  together  with  the 
testimony  that  has  been  laid  before  the  Board.  ' 

I").]  The  Board  shall  then  direct  the  Church  Advocate  to  transmit  to 
the  J-5isliup  irom  whom  they  received  tlie  charges,  the  presentment  thus 
i^igned  ;  and  shall  cause  him  also,  without  delay,  to  send  to  the,accused 
Bishop  a  copy  of  the  same,  certified  by  the  Church  Advoca,te  to  be 
corBect.      •  .    "T  *  '  ,•  »-••'•, 

[0.]  If  a  majority  of  tho  Board  present  shairbe  of  o])inion  that-tliere 
,  is  not  suflk'ient  ground  to  put  the  accused  Bishop  iii>on  his  trial,  in  +;iicji 


m   .       •  JOUPvNAl  OF  THE  jaiNE^vAL  (5011X011..       "    .]  TUi  Day. 

case,  the  charges,  togetlier.  ■«^tli^^/ceftilluai.(i!  bf  the  Pre^ijdeAfc  of  ±lic 
Bofird  of  its  t'erupal'to  make  aprefGnfefhent,"*liall.l->ese.i}t  tq  tbeSecretAvy 
i)f  tliQ  Uou-o  of  Jii^iops,  to  ho.  (leposited  umor.g  .the  .irdijvcs' (jf  jC-iat 
Ilouac.     And  jio  proeeediug-3  sliall  therestl'ter  bev,lifi(l  byway  of  present - 


fence  shall  have  heea  com i a it.icd  ■within  live-  ycarfi  iiectt  before  the  day* 
()U  v.iiich  the  .charges  were  dellvorcrt  to-Jlio  Fresidinp  ureeuiol-  Bisltoi). 
But  if  tJie. accused  shall  Lave  been  i-'OHvicted  of  tljo  alled'j^ed  ol&uceiu  h 
ht'atc  court,  iiotvvitiy<taudi'ng  tiva  veai'ii'-mayliaYt  ei«.])pcd  sjiico  its  com- 
jnission,  a,  prose;iitment  maj  be  foiiaded  pu  «har^es  deHver/;d  to  the  Pre- 
sUIing  or.  .eeuiov  ;Ji'»h(^)  uit  iny-'thn^c'  ^vitl!lilr  one  year  hfleiv''Koi)  •oon- • 
victiou.     '  .*ji'  H  -     ■.♦•-.    .    .»      *,   V ',%•->  #     .  .,./'' 

?  5.  [l.*|  y\'hen  «  presentmeiit  hf^  beQU  n?^dc!  %)^1»h3"B^!^lVf  ?rt(yiiry, 
or  auiajority  thctcol",  to  tJift  Uisjiop  from  A\'ii©m  they  roGeiv5«sdtit&  charge.--, 
it  shall'bc  the  duty  of  such  Bishop  jbrlbTi?bh  to  give  the  liocaee  A  Written 
notice  to  attend,  at  some  placa  n«t  more  thaii  out'  hTmdnjd.i>ii?^iVomtlif 
jilafft  of  residence  ot-  the  accused  Bishop,  aJid.at  !^om©  time  "nT)t-less  than 
twenty  days  iiftcr  tlio  tiui«f)f  aornnsj  «nGii.noti<'c,  either  perarjnally,  or  ■ 
]>j  some  a;:;ent  authori^ed'by  hiiu  in  ■\vritiii!:rt<j  iict  for  him  ia  fha  premises, 
for  the  purpose  of  selecting  the  Bishops  -wlia  sl.'ajl  i'ofm  the  Court 'fftr  tlie 
said  Recused  ])ishop  upon  the  said  presentnio'nt-.  He  sbalLi'lso  jj^ve  notlCo 
to  "the  C.'lrtirch  Advocate  of  tlie  time  and  jihu'e  cppolutied  for  sncL  SiiloC'f  ion. 
,[2.J  At  the  time  and  place  appoiated  in  the  iiot;tx\Sv  the  Bishop  jK]n>iii;is 
!;ivcn  tlio  iioljce3,sh{iIi  attend:  and.la'thepreseiK'e  oj'*the'aorai'scjiVBis]v»i>,  « 
or,;6f  his  agent  authorized  as  nfovesaid,  and  'also  in  ftiof>reseQee  o^Itlu' 
Church  Advocate,  or  of-  sucli  pert^on'or  i)ersojiiS  as  hiiiy  attend  in  hi-; 
i)ehalf,  or,  if  no  per.-u3u  shall  attend  oj\,*lK^hiilf  of  ob1&  or-.n^oth,  oftv,4(> 
Presbyters  named  by  himself,  the  said  JJi^hoj)  shall  o«ri.se  to  be  placed  in 
a  vessel  the  names*  of  "all  tlffe  l^ishops-of  thiti_drarch  entitled  to'*^^  hi 
the  House  of  Bishopj;,  .then  b^iiM,' within  the  tVi-itprv  ot  ihi5  GonTclfei'atv- 
•States,  except  the "ecourieS  aild  those  Btslioii.^  vho  liiay  bp  related  to  him 
cither  by  consaoguiuity  or  afEniiy,  in  tlto  direct  iiscending-or  descending 
line,  or  as  brotlier,  ,uuclo,  or  uepik;\>-.  fit  thai!  tlien  catii^e  seven  of  th'- 
said  uamei  to  be  drav^'n.  The  names  .so  dra^<''u*hall  ^le  entered  irpon  ;i 
list  as  they  are  dra^vn,  and. the  aQ.cuscA  or.hj.-^  a«^ent  mnf  strike titi'  tht.' 
lii;t  one  name,  and  tho'sai'd  Church  Advocate  or-  his  agx-at  Kuoth^f  name, 
and  so  as  to  redaco  tl^  numiK-r  to  t!vi.^  Il^it/^'^haU  l?p,p|>e7i  tljat  either 
party  shall  negiect  or  refuse  to  strike,  the?l  riie'BI.skop  A^Lolifis  ^iVentne 
uotaces  shall  reduce  the  numbes*  to  live,  by  st.rHqi^{r'o'tf-^rJ!,n1any  cf  the  , 
la^t  drawn  names  as  will  reduce  tile  Kst  to  thatlmmljcr.  ^JiteKfiv^i Bishops 
y;-hose  uahies  remain,  or  a  majoTity  of  fti>eiB,%\A'"ii'3n  asseaibled^  ^fii^V  oo!i 


more  thrfn  sis  calondr.c  months  from  the 'da:-'  '^^  whieli  the  *i(C>tiee  should 
arrive  at  th©  ^most  distant  Diocese,  in  the  ordmary  course  of  the  public 
mail.  The  plate  shall  be  -withip  the  Diocese"  or  ^fissionary  field*of  thi^ 
iiQcnstd  Bijfeop,  unless  -vriiere  ihe  m%.Q  may  be  of  suoli  dif^uTt  acce#,  h.\ 
the  judgment  o*f  the  Presiding  or  senior  l^ishop,  that  reasonable  couve-  « 


1SG2.]  HOUSE -OS  DEPUTIES.   •  St 

nience  may  require  the  appointihenf  of  another* locatiou.  ArivL  the  said 
senior  Bishop  shall  cajise  'the  Church  Advocate  to  sendcertificd'copics  ?ij 
the  said  presentment  to  all  tlie  Lisl^ops.  va1ic\  constitute  the'Conrf. 

[4.]  The  -Bishop  to  Avhoui  the  presentment  lias  been  made  shall  also 
imuiediatcij  couimunicatc  to  the 'accused  the  names  of  the  members  of  . 
the  Court!,  and  inlorin  jiim  of  the  tjnie  aiid  place  appointed  tV)r.its  nieot- 
iTi<»,  and  summon  him  then  and  there  to  appear  aiid  answer.  He  or  any 
other  Bishop  of  this  Churcli  liaving  chari;e  of  a  Diocese,  shall  bayc  ])owoi', 
until  the  Gli^irch  assembles,  upon  the  application  of  eitlier  the  C^un'cTi 
Advocate  or  the  accused,  to  issue  a  syinmons  for  witnesses.  ^    ' 

go.  Tlie  Bishops  who  constitute  the -Court,  or  a  niajority  of'the'm,   ' 
having. assembled  accordint;;  to  the  notice  given  them,  whicK  jioticij  jt  is 
hereby  made  their  duty  to  obey,  sh:i,ll  i)roceed  as  follows,  xjy.:     '        " 

["l.J  They  sh^ll  ekcta  President  out  of  their  ow;i  nuniljcr,  an^d  appcjTit 
■;!  Presbyter  of  the  Church  as  Clerk,  and  if  Jiccessary,  anothei:  PreshyteV 
a-i  Assistant  Clerk';  and  wlwu  tlms  organised,  the  President  sliall  direct 
the  Clerk  t^)  call  the  nanies  of  tli^.  Church  Advocate  aud.the  ac?5,u.-i|?.d ; 
aud  if  botli  appear,  he  shall  tflen,can^^e.tho  Clerk  to  rcfad  tkc  presei>tme;i<t 
•which  was  delivered  to  tlie.])residing  ot  senior  bishop',  whose  dntjf  it  i-i 
hereby  made  to  deliver  the  same  to  tlie  Court  upon  its  organi^^nlion. 

[2.]  The  accused  shall  then  be  called  upon  by  the  Coui'tto  say  wliethe;; 
ho  is  guilty  or  not  guilty  of  the  otlence  o;  otfenc'es  charged  ag.-Must  hnn, 
and  his  plea  s];all  be  duh'  recorded ;  and  on  his  neglect  or  refusal  to  plead, 
the  plea  of  not  guilty  shall  be  entered  for  him,  and  the  trial  shall  proceed  : 
ProvidaL  that,  for  sufficient  cause,  the  Court  may  adjourn  frotn  titne  to' 
time;  aud  Provided  also,  that  the  ixccnsed  shall,  at  all  times  during  the 
trial,-have  liberty  to  be  present,  and  in  duc^tiine  a;id  order  province  hi-^ 
tL'stimony,  and  t5  make  his  defence.  ^  ,. 

[0,]  If  the  accused  neglect  or  refuse  to  appear  in  person,  iiccordiiig  to 
ilie  notice  served  on  him  as  aforesaid,  except  for  some  reasonrible  ctiuso 
to  be  allowed  by  the  Court,  tlioy  shall  proceed  to  pronounce  him  iu^ron- 
tunuicy,  and  notify  him  thfii  sentence  of  suspension  or  degradation  \Vdl  be 
pronounced  against  him  In-  the  Court  at  the  exinratiou  of  tlirce  montlis, 
unless  within  tJiat  4.ime  he  tender, himself  veady,  and  accordingly  ap'penr 
to  take  his  trial  on  tlie  prcseutmcnt.  But  if  the  accused  shall  y(^r/ 
tender  himself  before- the  e.tpiratioh 'of  fhc  said  tliree  n^iontlis,  'sei;tencc  ' 
of  suspeusiou  or  degradation  froiii  the  .!J[inistfy  inay  .he  pronounced 
agaiijst  him  by  the  Courtt  '  .       ■    •         ' 

[J:.]  The  accused  Ireing  prc.ieul^  a.nd  Llie  trial"  proceeding,  it  shall  br 
conducted  according  to  the  [irincLj^lcii  of  the  Conmioa  Law,  as  tlie  same 
arc  generally  administered  in  the  Confederate  States;  nor  eliall  :uiy.tes'a- 
iuony  1)0  received  at  the  trial,  except  front  -wiitnesses  who  have  signed  a 
.declaration  ill  the  followuig  wonN,  to  be  read  aloud  before  the  witrtes-; 
testifies,,  and  to  be  tiled  with  the  records  of  the  Court : 

''I,  A.  B.,  a  witness  summoned- to  testify  on  the  trial  of  a  preseiTtnicnl. 

against  the  lliglit  .Kev.  — : ,  a  Bishop  ol"  the  Protestant  E[)isc<)i)ar 

Ciiurelrin  the  Confederate  States,  now  peudiHg',  do  most  Sbleuinly  call  to  ' 
(kxl  to  witness  thatthp  evidence  I  am  abg'ut  to  give  shall  .be  the  truth, 
ihc' whole  trutJi,  and  uothfug>ut  the  truth  ;  so  help  mo  God  I''' 

*         .  *  *  * 

And  if  it  be  necessary,  to  take' the  testimony  of  tin  absent  witness  "oil  a 
commission,  such  testimony  shall  bo  preceded  by  a  similar  written  decla,- 
ration  of  the  witness,  which  shall  be  tiled  and  transmitted  v.-ithTiis  or  her 
deposition^to  the  Court.  Thetcstimon'y  of  each  witua>s  shall  jjo  4-educed 
to  \wltiug.*  Aftd  in  case  there  is  groifn<t  to«uppose  tlKit  the  attendailce 
•      •      •      6       •  .-    • 


83  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.         [Ttli  Day.  ■ 

of  any  witness  ou  the  trial  cannot  be  obtained,  it  sliall  be  lawful  for  either 
party  to  apply  to  the  Court  if.  in  session,  or  if  not,  to  any  member  therei>f, 
v.'ho  shall  thereupon  appoint  a  commissary  to  take  the  deposition  of  sucli 
witness  ;  and  such  party  so  desiring  to.  take  the  deposition,  shall  give  to 
the  other  party  reasonable  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  takiyg  such 
deposition,  accompanying  such  notice  with  the  interrogatories  to  be  pror 
pounded  to. the  witness ;  whereupon  it  shall  be  lawful  for  theother  party, 
within  six  days  after  such. notice,  to  propound  cross  interrogatories;  and 
such  interrogatories  and  cross-interrogatories,  if  any  be  propounded,  shall 
bo  sent  to  the  commissary,  who  shall  thereupon  proceed  to  take  the  testi- 
mony of  such  witness,  upon  oath  or  athrmation, 'and  transmit  it  under 
seal  to  the  Court.  But  no  deposition  shall  be  read  at  tlie  trial,  unless  tlio 
Court  have  reasonable  assurance  that  the  attendance  of  the  witness  can- 
not be  procured,  'or  unless  both  parties  shall  corusent  that  it  may  be  read. 
Provided,  th.at  in  any  Diocese  in  which  the  civil  government  has  author- 
ized the  Ecclesiastical  Courts  therein  to  issu(5  sumnions  for  witnesses,  or 
to  administer  an  oath,  the  Court  shall  act  in  conformity  to  sljch.laws, 

[5.]  All  notices  and  papers  may  be  served  by  a  siunmoner  or  summon- 
ers,  tt»  be  appointed  by  the  Coui't  when  the  same  is  in  session,  or'bj^  a 
member  thereof;  and  the  certificate  of.anysucli  summone'r  shall  be  evi- 
dence of  tlie  due  service  of  a  notice  or  jxiper.  In  case  of  <?ervice  by  any  ' 
otlier  person,  the  fact  may  be  proved  by  the"  atfidavit  of  such  person. 
The  delivery  of  a  written  notice  or  paper  to  the  accused  pftrty,  or  to  tlie 
Church  Advocate,  or  leaving  it,  or  a  copy  thereof,  iit  the  resiflencc,  or  last 
known  residence,  of  either,  shall  be  de(^mod  sufficient  service  of  such 
notice  or  paper,  on  the  Church  Advocate  and  accused  respectiyely.  If 
the  person  to  be  served  with  any  notice  or  paper  shall  have  Jeft  th(?  Con- 
federate States,  it  shall  be  a  sufficient  service  thereof  to  leaf  e  a  cbpy  of 
such  notice  X)r  paper  at  his  last  place  of  abode  Avithin  the  Confederate 
States,  sixty  days  before  tho  day  on  Avhich  the  appearance,  or  other  act 
required  by  tlie  said  notice  'or  paper,  is  to  be  performed.  ' '   '     *  . 

[G.j  The  accused  party  may,  if  he  think  pwper,  have  the  aid  of  counsel ; 
and  if  he  should  choose  to  have  more  than  one  counscl,.the  CJmrch  Advo- 
cate may  have- assistant  advocates,  to  be  named  by  t^e  <iccus.ers ;  but  in 
every  case  the  Court  may  regulate  tlio  number  of  counsel  who  shall  address 
the  Court  or  examine  wiiuesses.  The  Cburcli  Ad^-ocate  shall  be  consid- 
ered the  ])arty  on  one  side,  and  the  accused  on  'the  other.  A'll  counsel 
must  be  Communicants  of  the  Church.*  '       ^  .    * '    •  . 

[7.]  The  Court,  having  fully  liearcl,  the  allegatioBS  and  proof§  of  .the 
jjarties,  and  deliberately  considered  the  feame,, after  the  parties  have  with- 
drawn, shall  declare  respectively,  whether,  in  their  opinion,  the  uccused 
is  guilty  or  not  guilty  of  eacli  particular  charge  and  specification  cohtriiued 
in  the*^  presentment,  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  set  forth ;  ami  the- 
accused  shall  be  considered  as  m)t  guilty  of  every  cliarge  and'specificatio]i 
of  which  he  shall  not  be  pronounced  guilty  by  a  majority  of  the  iflembers 
of  the  Court.  ^  '  '  •  *   '  •  ,        '  • 

[8.1  The  decision  of  th»  €ourt  afe  to  all  f  he  charges  and  sf)ecifi(M*cais  of 
whic'li  a. majority  of  the  members  of  the  Court  have  found  him  guilty, 
ijhall  be  reduced  to  writing,  and  signed  by. those  who  a;:^sent  to  it;  and  :i 
decision  pronouu'chighim  not  guilty  of  all  those  charges  and  specifications 
of  which  a  majority  shall  not  have  pronounced  liim  guilty,  shall  also  be 
drawn  up,  and  signed  by  those  who, assent  to  it;-  ajid  the  decision  thuT; 
.signed  shall  l)e  regarded  as  the  judgment. of  the  Court,  and  shall  be  rsro- 
nouneed  in  the  presence  of  tjiu  partlc.Sy.if  they  shall  Jhinli  proricr  to 
attend.  '  *     "        •      •  T    '• 


1862.1  .  HOUSE  *0f' DEPUTIES.     '  s:: 

1 9. 1  ir  tlie  nccnsetl  shall  be  found  p;iiilty  of  raiy  ciinrge  or  specification, 
t!i(j  Court  bliall  proceed  to  ask  him  >vhcther  he  has  anything  to  say  before 
the  scntcnco  is  passed,  and  m^jy,  in  their  discretion,  iiivo  him  time  to  prc- 
])aro  what  lie  wishes  to  say,  and  appoint  a  time  for  passiug  the  sentence ; 
and  l)cfore  passing  sentence,  the  Oourt  may  adjourn  from  time  to  time, 
an(lgivc  tho  accused  reasonable  opportunity  of  showing  oiiuse  toinduc'c' 
a  belief  that  justice  has  not  been  doncs or  that  lie  has  discovered  new 
"testimon}'';  and  the  Couut,  or  *  majority  of  its  niembers,  may,  aocor^ling 
to  a  sound  discretion,  grant  him  a  now  trial;  "  Uefore  passing  sentence,  the 
accused  sl^ll  always  have  the  opiioi'tunltyorbeing  heard,  if  he  havoauglit 
to  say  in  excuse  or  ])alliation.  ■  . 

(lO.H  -The  accused  haNdug  beoii  heard,  or  not  desiring  to  be  heard,  the 
sentence  of  theC'onrt  shall  theu  be  ])ronouTiced,  and  shall  be  either  admo- 
'uition,  suspension  as  defined  by  the  existing  Canons  of  tliis  Churcli,  or 
degi'adatiou,  asVlic  oflence  or  QlVenccs  adjudged  td' be  proved  shairseem 
to  deserve.  It  ^lalt  be  tlic- duty  of'the  Court,  whenever  sentence  lias 
i>een  pronounced,  whether  it  bo  upAu  a  t.rial,  or  fiu*  contumacy,  to  com- 
municate sRch  sentence  to  the  Ecclssiasticil  Authority  of  every  l>iocesc 
of  this  Church;'  and  it  shall  bo  tlie  duty  of  sitcli  Authority  to  cause 
such  JsciUence  to  be  made  known  to  every  Clergyman  under  his  juris- 
diction.      •  •  . 

[11.]  Every  Court  shall  kccj)  a,  I'lill  record  of  its  proceeding?,  including 
the  whole  evidence  gifcn  before  it.  Should  any  Court  refuse  to  insert  in 
its  record  a' statement  of  any  testimony  which  has  been  received,  or  of 
any  decision  Avhiclvthe  Court  has  made,  or  of  auy  fact  which  has  occurred 
in  Court,  or  any  paper  wiiich  either  party  has  ])rcKluced,  it  shall  be  tliq 
right  of  either  partyto  file  au  exception  in  writing,  containing  a  statement 
of  such  evidence,  decision  or  fact,  or  referring  to  or  describing  such  paper, 
uhiqli  paper  shall  also  be  tiled  with  tho  exception.  All  exceptions  and 
■paj-fers  so  filed  shall  become  j)arts  of  the  record.  •  ,     . ' 

1 12.]  Suck  records  shall  be  kept  by  the  (.Ucrk^  and  inserted  in  a  book,  to 
be  attested  by  the  signatured  of  the  President  and  Clerk.  Every  such 
book,  and  all  papers  conuec/'ed,  with.finy.trial,  shall  be  dei)0sited  with  the 
Registrar  of  the  General  Council.  Such  books  and  papers-shall  be  open 
to  the  inspection  <^f  every  member  of  thfs  Church.    . 

[13.]  Every  Court,' constituted  under  tho  authority  of  this  Ciiuoh,  may 
be  attended  by  one  or  more  Lay  advisors,  who  shall  bo  communicants  of 
this  Churcli,  and  of  trhe  profession  of  the  law.  Such  advisers  may«bo 
prcsc^nt  at  all  the  pro(;eedings  of  the  Court,  but  they  shall  have  no  v-pte 
in  any  case  whatever;',  it  shall  l)e  their  duty  to  give  in  person  to  the  Court 
an  o]>iuion  on  any  (piestiou  not  theological,  upon'which  the  Court,  or  any  ' 
member  theiTof,  or  either  party,  shall  desire  an  opinion.  If  a. dispute 
shall  ari?;e  wlTether  any  question  be  or  be  not  theological,  it  shall  be  deci- 
ded^ bj'  the  Court  by  a  majority  of  votes.  The  Cc)urt  may  always,  by 
uuaniiiious  consent,  appoint  an  adviser  or  advisevs.  If  they  are  not  unan- 
imous, each  member  of  tho  Court  may  name  a  candidate;  if  not  more 
than  three  arc  njjimed,  they  all  shall  be  advisers;  if  more  than  three  are 
najued,  the  Court  shall  reduce  them  to  tlu'eo  by  lot. 

^7.  [1.]  Any  llishop  of  this  Church  m'ay  be  presented  for  holding  an<l 
teaching  doctrine  inconsistent  with  that;  of  this  Ohurcl»i,«by  any  Bishop 
in  communion  with  thig  Churgh,  and  not  under  suspension  or  degrada- 
tion. Xo  Bisho])  «hall  bo  presented  iu  any  other  itiodc  for  this  otience  ; 
:;nd  it  shall  not  be  lawfi^  for  two  or  more  persons  to  unite  iu  any  such 
l)resentmcnt,  Tho  Bishop  making  such  lu'csentment  shall  appqint  a 
Church  Advocate.  ,  ^     •       *       • 


P4  ■  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.  ,    [Tth  Day. 

[2.j  liTvcry  .presentment  for  dl-oged  erroneous  doctrine  shall  be  signed' 
l)y  the  person  making  it,  and  sliall  be  addressed  -to  th©  Bishops  of  the 
.Protestajit  Episcopal  Chnrcli.in  the  Coufo^erate  States.. and  dolivo^'edto 
the  senior  IJ.lsliop  entitled  to  a  seat  in  the  House  of  Bishops,  and  not 
■  being  the  accused  oi*  "the  accuser,  v/liOsc  duty  it  shall  "be  to  convene  a 
.'Court  for  the  trial  of  the -accused.  The  Court  shall  be  composed  of  all 
'the  Bishops  entitied  to  seats  in  the  llouse  of  Bishops,  except  the  accuser 
;uul  the  accused.  Three-fourths  of  sueh  Bishops  shall  ccftistitute  •  a* 
';uoruni;  but  the- consent  of  two-thirds  of  alhthe  Bishops  entitled  to 
seatj  in  t4ie  House  of  Bishop's  shall  be  nceessaiy  to  a  couvicti(j|i*  . 

^8.  [l.J  If  charges  bo  preferred  Against  a  Missionary  Bishop,  v.ho  is 
not  a  IMocesan,  such  Sfissionary  Bishop  shall  'be  required  by  t4iG  Pre- 
siding or  senior  Bishop  to  aam'e 'some  one.  of  the  three  I)ioceses  iiearest 
lo  liis  District  or  Missionary  field;  and  sucli  selection  having  been  made* 
liie  p'roceedings  siiall  then  be  precisely -sych  as,  under  tins  Canon,  they 
wouxd  be  Avero  he",  tiie  l^io'eesan  of  the  Diocese  ixiuied^by  lain.  Should 
llio  Missionary  Bishop  refuse  to  ndme  a  Diocese,  then  the  Presiding 
l)ishop  may  name  any  odie/)f  the  tkree  abovfe  t^esignated,  an<l  the  effect 
shall  be  tlie  same  as  if  the  n'omiuation  had  bce'h  made  by  the  accused 
Missionary  liisliop.  .        *  "  ' 

[2.]  ]f  eliarges  be  preferred  against  a*l)isho"p  liaviiyg  no  jurisdiction, 
he  slu\U  be  l^roceeded  against  prejcisely  as  if  he  were  the  Diocesan  of  the. 
Diocese -in  Avhicli  he  has  hi^  civil  residence.  *       .        •    *    '    . 

|:j.J  Any  lM)roign  Missionary  Bishop  sh.all,  on  presentRfent  by  two- 
tJnrds  of  tlie  Missionaries  under  his  cltfirge,'  for  immorality  or  lioa-esy, 
or  for  a  violation  of  the  Constitution  or  Canon*  of  this  Chnrc^i,  be  ti'ied, 
and,  if  found  guilty,  sentenced,  in  Till  parti<'n]ars<a'p  tf  lie  were  actually 
resident  v.'ithin  tlie  limits  of  the  Confederate  St^ates,  iexce]>t  tliat  1he  trial 
m:iv  he  within  any  Diocese  in  t!.>e  Confederate  Stah  -. 

•CANON  jS.  .      • 

Of'Sehtcncci. 

J  ].  Whenever  tl:e  penalty  of'su'spens'ion  shall  be  infiictedon  alllshoi). 
Priest  or  .Deacon  iii  this  Church,  the  sentence  .'rhall  specify  on  what 
term's,  or  at  Avhat  time,  said  penalty. shall  cease.    **  *  *•     * 

^  2.  i  1.]  AVhcn  any  ^Linister  i.<  degraded  from  the  iioly  Miftisti-y,  lie  is 
degraded  theretVom  entirely,  and  not  fi-om  a  higher  to '«  lower  CM-derol* 
of  the  same.  No  degraded  or  deposed  Minister  sl*hli  be  rosforcd  to  the 
•ilinistry.  .  '•'  •  ,  .  '  ... 

[2.]  V\'-hene-.or  a  Clergyman  shall  be  degraded  or  deposcd,,thc  Bishop 
-\vho  pronounces  sentence  shall,  without  delay,  give  notice  thereof  to^tht- 
Ecclesiastical  Authoi'ity  of  every  Diocese,  and  to  eacii  Minister  or  A'cs- 
try  (if  there  l>e  no  ilinister)  91  the  Diocese  to  which  the  Minister*  be- 
longs; and  each  Minister  in  said  Diocese  shall  give  notice  thereof  to  his 
Congregation,  on  tlie  lirst  oecasion  ef  i^u'blic  vrorshlp  next  occurring;  in 
wliicli  notice,  it  shall  be  stated  whether  or  no  th6  degratlaUon  or  deposi- 
tion be  for  causes  afiectiug  his  moral  character.  • .  »  « 

CANON  5;. 
((/'  the  iiemission  or  Modification  of  jifBldal  Sent^oes  off  J3is?icps. 

Thp  Bishops  of  Jliis  Church,  vrho  are  entitled'  to  seats- in  the  House  of 
Bishops,  may  altogether  remif  and  terminate  any  judicial  sentence  ini- 


1SG2.]  ■  IIOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.        •       ,.  85 

posed  by  Bishop^  ucMuic  culloctivdy  as  a  juaicial  tribimul ;  or  niodilV 
tht  same  safai-  as  to  designate  a  precise  period  of  time,  or  otJier  spccitic* 
oontingencj',  on  the  oecnrronco  ot\  Avliich  such  sentence 'shall  ntterlv 
cea§e,  Una  bo  of  tio  fiut!icr  force  or'.effcct :  Provided,  that  no  such  re- 
mission or  n}(5di^cfition  shall  be  mrfat  q^^cept  at  a  meeting  of  tlio  1  louse 
of  Bishops,  diiriui];  the  session  of  some  General  Council,  or  at  a  special 
meeting  of  the  said  Bishops,  Avhicli  shall  Ho  Convened  by  the  I'residin.;- 
]>ishop  on  the  ap^^licatiou  of  any  live  lBisho])s  ;•  throe  mouths'  notice,  in 
writing,  of  the  tmie,  plac<J  :ind-  oly'ect  of  the  mcQtiui-;,  being  given  to 
each  BisJiop,  or  sent  to  Ins^ usual  phiCe  of  abode:  PmHdciL,  aUo,  Ihai 
such  remission  or  modiflcatiun  l)e  assented  to.  by  a  number  of  said  Bish- 
.  ops.  not  los5  than  a  majority  of  the  whole  number  entitled  ilt  the  time 
to  scats  in  the  House  of.Bishqps:  c^nd pmvkUd,  that  nothing  herein  8] sail, 
be  cpnstrncd  to-aiter  rtio^eftect  6f  Canon.  IX.  of  this  Title. 

CitTTOX  XI. 

.     Ju'(j[ula'no)p  £es2kctiiirf  i/pe  Laiii/. 

^  ^  1.  A.<-'<^i'Mnnnie.wJ,  ronioving  from  one  iVnsh  to/inotJior,  shall  pro- 
cure  froeu  llie  Rector  of  t.lic  Parish  of  his  last  residence,  or,  if  there  b«> 
no  Kec^or^  from  one  of  the  Wardens,  a  ceYJilicato  statins  that"  he  or  s]i« 
i^  a  Commuiiicaut  in  good  titanding;  and'the  Pvcctor  of  the  Parish  or 
Congregation  to  which  he  oj;  she  removes  shall  not;  be  required  to  re-  • 
teive  him  or  her  as  a  Opm;nunicAnt  until  such,  letter  be  produced. 

•^.-•.  -'^^,o'^o  «f  tJ-e  rubrics  of  this  Chtirch  requires  that  every  ^.linistcr 
repelling  frofn  the  Communion  sliall  give  an  account  of  the  same  to  thi^ 
Ordmary,  it  is  l*crcby  provided,  that,  information-  of  the  same  beiiig  laid 
liclbre  the  Ordinary,  that  is  the  Bishop,  it  shall  not  Ipchis  duly  to  institute 
an  ni.i^iiry,  ubIcss  thci;e  bqa  cou^plaiiitmade  to  him  iu  writiitg  by  the  rc- 
I  tor  ^*^^^'  l';»W':?'-  "  *^*  ^'1  rccfefving  coiijplaint,  the  Bishop  shall  institute  an 
I  W  Ti(fuTry,  as  may  ho  directed  by  the  Canons  of  the  Diocese  iar-hicli  the 
event  has  taken  place ;  and  the  notice,  given  a^  above  bv  the  "Minister,  • 
?hall  be  a  sufficient  presentation  of  the  party  re]-)elled.      ' 

.     Tho  RcV.  Mr.   Crauc,  on  bejidf  of  tbc  'Coulmittco    on 
Missions,  made  tlie  IbllowinG; 

.      '  ^lEPOllT. 

*  Thy  Committee  *)n  Missions,  after  mature  deliberation  ©n  the  very 
Jiiiportant. subject  v.-hich  has  ,boen  counnitted  to  them,  tind  it  ditli-  ■ 
c.ilk  torecomniemtany  plan,Y.-hicii  is  not,  iu  some  respects,  o])e!i  to  ob- 
jectioB.  It  is,  howaver,  their  delilierato  opinion,  that  tho  direct  contix>l 
of  tho  Missionary  work  of  the  Clim-ch,  must  be  left  to  the  Bishop  and 
Diocesan  Council  in  each  Diooosc,  and  to  the  Missionary  Bishoj^  alone, 
wh^re  tliero  is  no  organized  Diocese:  It  is  only  necessary,  tlierefore,  to 
]n-ovide  a  chaunel,  througli^whicli  the  toluntary  oiTerinii-s  (,f  the  Church, 
tln-ougftout  our  borders,  may  receive  such  direction  anil  distribution,  a? 
will  best  tend" to  tlie  e^vtensioh  of  the  Redeemer's  Kingdom. 

Tn  aecq^-danfo  with.these  views  the  committee  respe^ctfultv  recommend 
to  tho  House  of  Deputies  for  its  acoeptantie,  tltelbllowinr  resolutionii!,  to 
,  wit:  ••.*'' 

_    ,  jlfisolird,  The  House  of  Bishops- concurring, 

1.  That  a  Committee' of.  three  Bishops,  chosen 'by  the  liousc  of  Bish- 
«^p^,  shall  so  far  control  tho  general  missionary  work  of  the  Church,  a5  to 
Arrange  ilis^ionarv  Districts  in  States  or  Territories  not  organized  int& 


S6  JOUr.NAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COJJNCIL.  [7tli  Day. 

Dioceses,  ftrrange  the  bouadaries  oT  their  jurisdictions,  ^nd  provide  regii- 
1ati.0Q^  andinstructioasTor  thear  guidance  ;  it  being  understood,  that  ea^li 

>.tissionary  Bisho])  shall  liavo,  as  far  as  may  bo  consistent  with  '  tlie 
.foregoing  ])rovisious,  the  direction  of  all   Missionary  operations  Vitliin 

his  own  Diocese  or  District,  and  in'every  case,  the   appointment  of  the 

]y^i3sionaries  under  him. 

2.  That  the  said  Committee  shall  lix  the  ratio  of  distribution  among 
ihe  Dioceses  and  Districts  Avliich  are  to  be  provided.for,  and  the  salaries 
of  the  Missionaries :  pronidcct.,  ?ioiPCPcr,  tliat  all  special  contributions  shall 
1)0  received  and  disbursed  by  the  Treasiirer  pf  the  Missionary  funds,  ac- 
cording to  the  will  of  the  dipnors. 

3.  That  the  Oommittee  proposed  in  the  first  of  these  resolutions,  is  ex-  . 
pccted  to  encoiu'age  the  prosecution  ot,'  Foreign ^ Missions,  so  far  as  it  may 
1)6  able  ;  but,  until  communications  are  opened,  and  satisfactory  relations 
are  cstaldished  vrith  Bishops  and  other  Missionaries  in  foreign  countries, 
all  monies  which'  liave  been,  or  may  be  hereafter,  contributed  for  this 
(Atject  slfall  be  securely  invested. 

4.  That  in  order  to  provide  a  Missicftiary  Fund,  the'GenerarCouncil 
earnestly  advise  all  Clergymen  of  the  Church  having  charge  of  ^Congre- 
gations and  Missions,  to  adopt  some  sl^stem  of  monthly  offerings,  to  be 
received  during  public  worship,  and  they  further  advise  all  members  of 
the  Church,  who  may  be  jirecluded  by  circumstances  from  ^oiug  fre- 

•  quently  to  the  House  of  God,  to  set  apart  something  every  month  in 
place  of  such  offerings,  and  that,  of  the  v/hole  amount  thus  obtained,  at 
least  one-fourth  be  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  said  Committee.  , 

5.  That  the  House  of  Bishops  shall  appoint  one  or  more  Treasurers  to 
receive  and  distribute  the  Foreign  and' Domestic  Fund  \  the  said  Trea- 
surers to  cause  to  be  published,  from  time  to  time,  all  missionary  receipts 
and  expenditures,  'gjid  to  make  au -annual  x-eport  to  said  Committee,  Avho 
shall  report  triennially  to  the'General'  CounCih  "     ' 

6.  That  each  Bishop,  for  whose  Diocese  or  Districl.   }.ii>-l(;iia! y  apinu- 

•  priations  may  be  made,  shall  report  annually  to  said  Committee,  and  tri- 
ennially to  the  House  of  Bishops. 

7.  That  the  reports  of  the  receiving  agents  for  ForeigH  and  Domesti('* 
Missions  referred  to  this  Committee,  be  i)ubliehed  with  the  Journal  of. 
this  House.  •      . 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Crane  presented,  papers  testifying  to  tlic 
organization  of  the  Diocese  of  Arkansas,    t  ,    •    * 

On  motion  of  Rev.  Mr.  Mitchell,   said  papers  were  re- 
ferred to  the  Committee  on  Mew  Dioceses. 

On  motion  of  the  same,  said  Committee'  was  allowed  to   • 
sit  dnring  the  session  of  the  House. 

The  Chair  appointed  jSIr.  Moore  on  the  Committee  on 
New  Dioceses,  in  the  place  of  Mr.  Whittle,* to  whom.leavc 
.of.  ahsence  had  been  granted,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Loi*d  in 
"  ],»lace  of  Mr.  Pegues  not  in  attendance.  ' 

Leave  of  absence   was  granted  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Crane, 
after  to-day,  for  the  remainder  of  the  sessix>n. 

Mr.  McCrady  oiiered  the  following  Resolution,  to  wit: 

Jiesohed,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  that  tliis  General   Coim- 
<'il  do  adjourn  on  Fridry  next. 


1S02.J  HOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.    *  •  S^ 

•  * 

Oy  luotioii  of  Mr.  rhclaii,11ic  resoliitiou  Wiiti  iimciuled 
by  striking  oiiji  tlic  .word  *,*]^riday/.'  and  inserting  the 
word '' Saturdi^.,"  ■  T  •  ,•      *        *     *,     -  ** 

On  motioij  ol'-tlic^  sc^mc,  tllcn'oaoliUioit  tlitis  amended, 
was  adopted;  ,    .  ■  | 

O/ylcj'cd,  Tlratr  tlio 'Secretary.  Gonv.ey  said  Resolution  to> 
the  House  of  Bisliops.  * 

•  The  Chair  announced  the  special  order,  to-wit :     Twcsohi- 
tiott  to  amend*  Art.  Vll  of  the  Co.pstitution. 

On  motion,  the  rujes  6f  .order  were  suspended  in  orde^to 
^•recei\'o  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  N'ew  Dioceses. 

The  Con^mittce  on  IlfTcw.Dioceses  presented  the  following 

kepOrt. 

Tlic  Coiniuittcc  on  tiic  Admission  of  Kow  Diocv^es  I'tjiort.  tii;it  tlioy 
liave  li!wl  nntler  oonsideratioh  the  papers  rtlatiiia;  to  the  application  of  the. 
niocesc  oi'" Arkansas  for  ailmission  into  union  with  this  Conncil,  and  re-.' 
commend  the  adoption  of  tlie  following  IJesohition,  to  wit : 

Hesolved,  The  MotVse  of  Uishops  cojiciirring,  That  tlic  Diocese  of. Ar- 
'  kansas,  having^fultilled,aU  the  ConBtitutional  re(iniremenls  in  snch  cast 
made  and  provided,  be  a^niijtted  iotoUnion  with  this  Connci!. 

(Sjgned)'  *        •  '         ■  J.  C  IIUSKE,  Chairman. 

On  motion  fJf  tlieRev.  AJv.  Mitcholl,  tlio  Resolution  con- 
tained fli  said  Report  was  adopted.     ♦ 

Ordered,  That  the  Secretary  convey  said  Resolution  to 
ihe  House  of  Bishops. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  ]\ir.  Ilansou,  the  Resolution  to 
anitiud  Art.  A'll  of'  the  Constitution,  was  laid  on  the  table. 

On  q3iofion  of  Rev.  ]Mr.>  Williams,  the  special  order,  to-wit : 
Resolution  of  Mr.  DeRossetj  to  amend  Art.  X  of  the  Con- 
stitutron,  was  suspetided. 

Op.  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Clark,  • 

Resolved,  That' the  attention  of  the  several  Diocesan  Councils  be  called 
tofhe  amendme'nt  to  the  Otiastitutioa  Avhich  lias  been  proposed  by  the 
Depfttios  frova  Virginia,  aud  tlmt  the  said  Councils  be  requested  to  express 
:Mi  opiiiign  as  to  the  necessity  of  the  change  proposed.  • 

'the  following* Messages  were  received  from  the  House  of 
Bishops :       ■         '  .      . 

»  -iiissAGK  yo.  18. 

The  House  of  BislH)ps  iuform^the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  passed 

tlic  tMlowing  resolution  :     '  •  .  , 

Ii<mohrd,  That  the  fc^llowiufj  Canons,  as  conveyed  "to  tliis  House  in 

*MQg«ag<?No.  2:^.  from  the  Ilousa  of  Deputies,  be  adojited,  to-wit:  Canon 

IV.,  Canaii  V_r.,  XJanon  -VII.,  Canon  VIII. 

-  *     •  ■         .  * 

..    •■  •  e     JiKSSAGK   XO.    ] '.). 

The  ifouse  of  Bi^iopslnformstMe-IIoit^e  of  Dc]>\ities  fhat  it  lias  passjed 
the  follovfihg  Rcsohition : 


»8.  ■    •        JOURNAL 'OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.         [TtliDav. 
*  • 

Kc^olrcitl,  That  tlie  following -CAnorfs,  as  conveyed  to  this'llouse  iii^^Mes- 
sa,u;c  No.  2(1,  from  tlie  House  of  I>epnties,  tx>-wlt:  Canoa  L,  CaiTon  H., 
Oiiiioii  in.,  Panon IV.,  (of  Title  JII.)  be  adopted^  Avith tfie following amenu-«' 
lucfit'to  Canon  IV.,  §4,  by  the  addition  of  the  following  clause:  "And 
if  the  Clergyman  be  deposed  for  iiay thing  involving  moral  degradation,- 
^-ucll  notice  shall  be  read  before  every  congregation  of  the  Diocese  to 
•which  he  .belongs,  on  the  occasion  of  public  worship  next-  after  tlie  re- 
ce])tionof  such  notice."  *  .  .       i  .        . 

5i63SAG^  'Inc.  20.       '  _  '  . 

Tlie  House  of  Bishops  informs  the -House  of  D'e]iUtii,'S,'^h;it  it  h;is  passed 
1  he -following  Resolutions :       '    ',  ^         •     *•       " 

1.  Bcsohe'I,   The  House  of  Deputies 'fconcymng,    That  the  l>ouk  ■ul 

C()uimon  Prayer,  and  Administration  of  the  Sacj-amijnts  and  ether  Rites  ' , 

'ai^tl  Ceremonies  of  the  Church,  heretofore  use?l  in  the  Protestiint  Epi.?copal 

Church  in  the  pnited  States,  but  amended  by'tlio  snbstitutioti  of  -"Cou- 

foderafc  States"  for ■■■". United  States,"  and  ''Council"  for  "Convention,'-' 

wucrever  the}"  occur  therein,  be  established  l>y  this'  (reneral  Council  as 

1  he  ]>ook  of  Oominon  Prayer,  Administration  of  the  Sacraments  and  other 

\]iites  and  Ceremonies  of  the  Ohurch,  Articles  of  Religion,  and  Form  and 

'"Xlanner.  of  making,  ordaining  and  consecratinji;  ULfhop's,  Rriosts  and  Dea- 

coys,  to  be  used  in  this  Church.  ■*#'•"' 

-  2.  li<;soheJ,  The  House  of  I)epulies-  coucui-ring.   That  to  said  Rook 

th(,n"e  shall  be  prefixed  a  Declaratio;!  of  its  Ratitftation,  i"h  these  words  : 

"The  Ratification  of  the  Book  of  Ci3mmon'Pr.%(.'r,  by  the  liisliops,  the 

"C'lergy,  and  the  Laity  of  the.  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  tM  Con- 

'Mederate  States  o'f  America,  ia  Council,  this dn,y'of  November,  in 

••iAw  ye:ir  of  ovr  Lord  one  thousand  eight  huudred'ancl  sixty-tv.'i). 

"  This  .Council,  having  in  its  present  session  set;  forth  a  Rook  of  Coin- 
'•ni on  Prayer,- Administration  of  the  Sacraments  and  other  Rites  and 
••  (.  ■wemon'ies  of  the  Chnrch,  do'hereby  establish  the  said  Rook :  And  they  ' 
'•declare  it  to  be  the  Liturgy  of  this  Church:  And  require  that  it  be 
''  received  as  such  by  all  the  meiubers  of  the  same.-  And  tliis  Book  shall 
'•  be  in  use  from  and  after  the  First  Day  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our  • 
"Lord,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  si::ty-two." 

.">.  I\cs>Ueil,  Thti  House  of  Deputies  concurring.  That  a  Committee  of 
tjiree  Bishops,  three  Presbyters,  and -three  Laymen  be  appointed,  who 
shall  prepare  a'i)reface  to  the  said  Book  of  jCommon  Prayer,  to  be  sub- 
mitted to  the 'next  General  Council,  aiid  if  approved  byit,  to  be  prefixed 
U)  said  Book. 

■t.  Iicsolccd,  The  House,  of  Deputies  concurring,  That  tlje  same  Cctm- 
mittce  1)0  authorizod  to  publish  an  edition  of  said  Book  for  the  i?resent 
use  of  the  Church.  ■  '  •  *         • 

5.  Resolved.,  The  House  of  Deputies  concuwing,  That  while  this'Geu-^' 
<'ral  (\)uncil  recognizes  its  duty  to  put  forth  a  standard  edition  of  the'  ' 
Holy  Scriptures,  yet,  in  its  judgment,,  the  present  condition  of  the  country 
m.-kcs  it  expedient  to  postpone  the  execution  thereof.  * 

.  •  Tlic'  vote  on  the  Xiesoliitioii  to  iimend  Article  X.  of-,  tlic 
Constitution,  having  been  taken  by  DiocesG;s  uiid  Orders, 
resulted  as  follows :  '••  '      .  ^*.  *.     ' 

■   Of  the  piergy-rBioceses,  represented,  T.     Ayes-  2y  Koes  5,  • 

to-wit:  "1'       .      .  '  "^         .    " 

Virginia. — Re ^.  Messrs.  Sparrow,  Peterkin  and  Novton — No. 
North  Carolina. — Rev.  Messrs,  Mason,  Hubbard  and  Huske— Aye. 


1SG2.]  :  JIOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.  89 

SouUi  C.'aroliu;!^— Itcv.  Jilcpsrs.  ITancIccl  and  Ti'apier — ^fo.  '  * 
(xooraiia.— 'Rev.  Messrs.  Clarke  find  Williaius — No.  Kcv.  Jlr,  Ilocs — Aye. 
Alabama. — Rev.  Messrs.  Mitchell  and  Pierce — Xo. 
Mi.-;«;issip7)i. — Rev.  Dr.*TjOrd — Ave. 
Tcxasi. — Rev.  Mr.-  Wasjner — No. 

Of  the  Lait}^— Dioceses  represented,  o.  Ayes  2^  Xocs  -, 
Divided  1,  to-wit:  •      ,  '  •  ■   *♦% 

\'irginia.-r-^tessrs,  Jjaoou  and  ^Masbie — No. 

North  Carolina. — Messrs.  Battlo  and  Dellosjiet — Aye. 

South  Carolina. — ilessrs.  Sass  and  McCrady — AyQ. 
.   Georgia. — Messrs.  Meig^;,  Montfxomery  anil  ^loore-r-No. 
.Alabama.— ^Mv.  Jones,  Aye.     Mr.  PheLin,  No. 

The  Chair  declared  the  amendment  lost. 
'    On  motion,  the  House  took  a  recess  till  7  o'clock,  l\  M. 

EVENING    SESSION. 

.  'riie'-Chaii'  uiinonnced  the  special  order,  to-wit:  Mr. 
McCrady's  liesolufion  t9  s.trike  out  Article  V.  of  the  Con- 
stitution.  ,     ■•  '  .  ■  . 

On  motfon  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  T.rapicr,  said  Res^olution  was 
;iniended  by  striking  out  all  after  the  word  "•Resolved," 
und  inserting  the  following:         ,  • 

licsoltcd,  Tlio  House  of  Bislioiw' co;icurnn.n',  Tliat  Article  A',  of  the 
Constitution  of  this  Cliurch,  be  amended  b}- striking  out  all  after  the  words 
"•Article  V.^"  and  inserting  the  Ibllo'w'iug :' 

"  I^vcry  Diocesan  Council  shair«be  composed  of  the  Bishop  or-  Bjshops 
of  the  Diocese,  and  of  such  otlicr  clergymen  and  such  lay  representation 
,is  shall  be  determined  by  the  Constitution  thereof."  , 

The  vote  was  then  taken  upon  the  resolution  by  Dioceses 
and  Orders,-  and  the  Resolution  as  amended,  was  unani- 
nioush^  adopted,' 

Ordered,  Tliat  said  Resolution  be  conveyed  to  the  House 
of  Bishops.  ■         "         . 

'.On  motion' of  Mr.  McCrady,  the  Report- of  the  Commit- 
-tee  on.  the  Bible  and  Prayer  Book,  was  laid  on  the  table  for 
llic  present. 

On  motion  of  the  same,  the  irouse  took  u})  Message  No. 
2Q,  "of  the  llouee  of  Bishops. 

.  On  motion   of  Mr.  Bhelan,  said   Report   was  -made  the 
special"  order  foi;  to*-morrow  at  12  o'clock  M. 
.    On  motion,  « '*    ,        . 

A'.'soZotY?,  The  House  of^Bishops.concniTing,  Tliat  the  following  Canon 
be  adoptotl,  to  wit:       ■"    '     . 

,  CANON  V. 

df  tk%  .u-lhcuulonyicnt  of  the  Commitnion  of  tSis  fhnfch  ly  a  Prcshi/tcr 
•  Of  Deacon.  '         • 

•^      ^  i.  If  any  Pre'sbytw  or  Deacon  shall,  without  availing  himself  of  the 
provisions  of  C.inon  IV.  of  this  Title,  abaudou  the  Qonlmnnion  of  this 


<)0  J'OUI-mAL  Of  TII£;GENERAL  COUNCIT.  l^ini  Day. 

Ciiurcli,  cither  by  an  open  renunciation  of  the  doctrine,  discipline,   a!id    , 
/vorsliip  of  tliis  Church,  or  by  a  formal  admission  into  any.  religious  body 
iiot'-in  cglnnmnion  with  the  same,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Standing 
Committee.of  the  Diocese  to  make  certificate  of" the  fact  to  the  Bishop  * 
of  the  Diocese,  or,  if  there  be  no  Bisliop,  to  the  liishcp.  of  an  adjatent 
Diocese;  v.iiich  certificate  (shall  be  recorded,  and  shall  be  taken  and 
deemed  by  the  Bisjiop  as  eqiltvaleiit  to  a  renunciation  of  the  Ministry  by 
Mid  Minister  himself.     ISTotice  shall  then  be  given  to  the  ^'^aid   Minister, 
by  the  said  IMshop ^receiving  the  certificate,  that  unless  he'  sh^ll,  within 
six  months  after  being  nolnfied,  make  declaration  that  tho  facts  alleged 
in  said  certificate  are  false,  he  will  be  deposed  from'the  Jfinistry  ,of  this . 
Church.  ;  »       '  ■  .  • 

■'■  §  S.  And  if  such  declaration"  be  not  made  within  six  moj'iths  as  afore- 
said, 'the  B'ishop  slialf  depose  said  Minister  from  the  Ministry,  ami  pro- 
nounce and  record,  in  the  presence  of  two  or  more  Ex'esbyters,  that  he 
has  been  so  deposed.       •  •  * 

Provided,  nevertheless,  tliat  if  the  Minister' so  renouncirfg  shall  trans- 
imt  to  the  Bishop  receiviiig  the  certificate,  a  retraction  of  the  aisfs  or 
declarations  constituting  his  ofience,  the  Bishop  may,  at  his  d,iscretion,* 
abstain  from  any  farther  proceedings.  ••     •.  - 

Ordered,  That  the  Secretary  convey  said  Ivcgplntio.ii  to' 
the  .Iloiise  of  Bishops.         *      .      '  \ 

On  motion  of -the  Kev.  Mr.  Trapicr,  .  , 

«  Jicsolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  coueurinug.  That  the  ^jllowing  Canon 
bo  adopiJJed,  to  wit: 
..       '     •  CAN£)N  VI. 

Of  a  Clergymfiji  Ahsenting  S^msel/f/'om  Iiifi  iJiocesf^  _ 

.  "When  a  Clergyman  has  >beeft  absent  from  the  Diycese   to  which  he 
belongs,  during  two  years,  without  reasons  satisfactory  to  the  Bishop 
thereof,  he  shall  be  required  by  tlie  Bishop  to  declare   the  cause   oi- 
causes  thereof  in  writing ;  and  if  .he  refuse  to  give  hjs  reasons,  or  if  they 
be  detmed  insufficient  by  the  Bishop,  the  Bishop  may,  after  due  nottficn-  - 
,tion   of  such  insutSeiency,  Avith  the   advice  and  consent  of  the  Clerical " 
Members  of  the  St;mding  Committee,  suspend  him  from  the  Ministry  ; 
which  suspension  shall  continue  until  he  shall  give, 'in  writing,  sufiicieat 
reasons  for  his  absence,  or  until  he  shall  renew  his  residence  in  his  Dio- 
cese, or  until  he  shall  renounce  the  Ministry  according  to'  Canon  lil.  of' 
this  Title.     In  the  case  of  such  suspension  as  above  provided  for,  the 
Bishop  shall  give  notice  thereof  "to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  evory    , 
Diocese  of  this  Church. 

.    Ordered,  That -the  Secretarj-  convey  said  resolution  to  t!ic 
House  of  Bishops. 

On' motion  of  the  same, 

Iicsi)lved.,.  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,^  That  the  lijll(Mvii;g  Canon  . 
be  adopted,  to  wit : 

•     •  .  CAiv^ON  VII. 

Of  the  Ahandomncnt  of  tlie  Comninnion  of  the  Ghnrflijjy  U  Bis'hex'i 

If -any  Bishop  abandon  the  Communion  of  this  Church,  either  by 
openly  renouncing  its  doctrine,  discipline  and  worship,  or  by  formally  * 
uniting  himself  with  any  religious  body  not  in    comuiunion  with  the* 


-1862.]  .  '   HOUSE  OF  DEPUXIES.  01 

...»  •. 

saiuo,  the  btamliiiii;  Coimaittcc  of  tlio  I)'uic*;cf .shall  make  ooriilic'aLo  ol' 
the  fflot  to  tho  senior  ]Jisho4i,  whicli  cc.rtilicate  shaHf  bo  recorded,  and  • 
sliall  1)0  taken  and  dcemc(las  eipivalent  t©  a  rfeminciatibn  ^f  tke^Minjs.- 
fry  by  the  Bishop  hiiiisolf.'       .  '•'•'■■         *  ■      , 

Notice  shall  then-  bct  jiivoa  'to  snid  Bishop  %y  th6  senior  IJishop  re- 
coiviuic  the  ccrtiticatoj  that  unless  he  sltall,  vrlthin  six*  mouths  fti'ter  being 
ii(^'titied,'_miil'c  declaration  thai;  the' facts*  allegecl  hi-  said  certificnto  are 
i'al^e,  lie  Vill  be  deposed  from  tUo  Ministry  of  this  Church."     •  ; 

And  if  such  declaration  ba  not  maie  within  six  mouths  as  aferesaid. 
llio  senior  IVishop,  with  the  consent  of  t^ie  hiajority  of  the  House  of 
IJishopii,  iSball, depose  fi-om  the  Ministry  the  Bishop  so  certitied  as  aban- 
<lomng,  and  shall  pronounce  a,nd  rqeord,  in  the  presence  of  twj^or  niOi'C 
'l5ish'op3,  thflt  he  has*  been  so  deposed.  ■     *.      «  .  • .  ,  . 

*  Ordered,  That  tht)  Secretary  convey*  saitl  ircsolutlofi  to 
the  Ilotise  of  Bisliops.     • 

•  Oil,  motioi>  of  the'samc,  .  .        • 

Jiesohed,  T^he  House  of  Jji^hops  concuwing-;  That  the  foUo^in'g  (^anoii 
be  adopted,  t<)-\vit:  ^.  -        •.      •  • 

OANO^  vnr. 

U/  Vie  Trlcbl^af  a  JiisJiv^  . 

;S  1.  Any  Bishop  of  this  Oiiurch  uiay  bo  presented  tor  trial  on  charcies 
iur  the  follovina:  offences, 'Vkz :  (1.)  Crime  or  immorality.  (3.)  Holdiiit; 
aiid  teacbinc:  publicly,  or  privately  and  advisedly,  any  doctruic  contrary 
to  that  held  by  the  Protestant  Episco])al "Church  in  the  Confederate 
States,  (j).)  Violation  of  the  Constitutfbu  or  CUinons  of*  the  General 
Cdun'bil.  (4-f)  Violation  of' the  Constitution  or  Canoils  of  the  Diocese 
to  which  he  belon,a:3.  (IJ.)  Any  act^vljich  involves  a'breaclijOli"14s  Oali- 
nation  or  Consoccation  Vows.         -  •      ',    ,         '  .  ,     .      " 

jf  2.  [1.]  The  proceeUinj*^'  shall  commence  by  charg-es  in  wi'iting;  find, 
except  •\\;lien  the  chai'jj;o  is  lioldin'^  and  teaching  -dtjctrine  contrary  tq  that 
lield  by  this  Church,  .shall  be  signed  by  either      •  •«._      '_      ^  *    .. 

Fire  male  cojnmunicanUs  of  this  Church,  in  gvod  statjclhig,  belonging 
toUhe  Diocese  of  the  accusoil,  c»f  whom  two  at  least  must  be  Presby- 
ters^ or,  • '  ^  *  «  •  •  ■■«  \  i 
.By.  seven  male  Conn'nuni cants  of  this  Chnrcli,  in-' good  startling,  of 
whom  two  at  least  shall  bo  Presbyters,  anij  three  of •  whicb  seven  shall 
belong  to  the  Diocese  of  the  accusdiT.       ".''.'•"■ 

[3k]  Whenever  a^Visliop  of  this  Cl^nrch, shall  liavi)  reason' to  believe 
that  thero'  are  in  cnrulation  r.uniours,  reports,  rir  charges  allecting  his 
nuiral  or  religions  clTaracter,  bo  may,  if  ho  please,  acting  in  conformity 
with  the  written  hdvice  a^id  consent  of  any. two  of  his  brothica*  Bishops 
whom  he  may  select,  deinand  of  tlie  Presiding  Bishop  of  tlTC  House  of 
Bisli^opSpOV  if  he  be  tljd  JJishop  atlc^cted  by  siicli  rumours,  or  if  he  be 
related  to  him  within-tho  degrees  hereinafter  mentioned^- then  of  the  Bishop^ 
next  ill  seniority  not  ^o  related,,  fo  conveife  a  Board  of  Inquiry  iu  {he* 
niode  horeinafller  set  focth,  to  investigate  such  rumours,  repoi'tsS,  and 
charges,  and  to.  proceed,  in  all  resikccts,  accordibg  to  the  i)rovisious  of 
this  Canon,  as  if  charges  had  been' formally  iWade  in  eitjier  of  tite  liwo 
modeii-first;  mentioned  in  this  section, 

(^3. 1  "Whenevef  charges  are  formally  made  iu  eitlier  of  the  modes  iirst 
fibove  mentioned,  the  acou^cr:^  "ifiyj  it"  they  choose,  select  a  Lay  Coiamu- 
«icant  of  this  C]iurcli,^of  the  profession  of  tho  }aw*,*to  act  as  {heir  advi- 


-      03  J OUENAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUtoL.  ["^th  Day. 

§  '  ■  .  ''  '  \ 

^^cl•,  advocate  and  agent,  jn  preparing  tlie  accusation,  itroois,  etc.,  luiti! 
sncli  time  as  a  Bonrd  of  Inquiry  is  convened  in  such  manner  as  is  laere- 
inai'ter  provided  for ;  or  they  may  prepare  such  charges  themselves,  -vvitli- 
out  regard  to  any  'particular  form ;  and,  in  either  case,  the  grounds  of 
accusation  must  be.  set  forth  -with  reasonable  certainty  of  time,'  place 
and  circumstances.  ■ 

§  S.  The  charges,  having  been  prepared  in  eithei'  of  the  modes  first 
•above  mentioned,  shall  then  be  delivered  to  the  Presiding  Bishop  of  t]^is 
( 'hurchj  if  he  be  not  the  accused,  nor  related  to  the  accused  in  any  degree 
mentionodhereinafter  in  this  Canon  ;  in  either  of  which  cases,  the  charges 
shall  be  delivered  to  the  next  Bishop  in  seniority  not  so  related. 

§  4.  A  poard  for  making  a  pTeliminary  inquiry  into  charges  thus  pre- 
I'erred,  shall  be  constituted  as  follows,  .whenever  such  Board  shall  l)e 
necessary,  viz .-  ■      .       ,  -  •     • 

[1.]  The  Presidin'g  BisTiop,  or  senior  Bishop,  as  the  case  may  be,  to  whom 
.such  charges  are  delivered,  shall  take  the  list  of  Deputies  to  the  last 
(reneral  Council  that  wns  held  before  such  charges  were  presented,  and 
from  that  list  shall  choose  by  lot  two  Presbyters  and  two  Laymen  froih 
tlie  deputation  of  the  Diocese  of  the  accused,  and  two  Presbyters  and 
two  Laymen  from  each  of  the  respective  depntations  of  the' three  Dioceses 
adjoining  that  of  the  accused;  and  if  there  be  not  t'lrce  adjoining,  ol' 
tiie  three  nearest. thereto;  and  if  more  than  three  Dioceses  adjoin  tliat 
of  the  accused,  those  three  that  have  the  largest  number  of  Cianonically 
resident  Presbyters  in  them  shall  be  accounted  adjoining,  for  the  purposes  [ 
of  this  Canon  ;  and  the  sixteen  individuals  thus  selected  by  lot  shall  con- 
stitute th.e  Board  of  Inquiry,  a  majority  of  whom  sliall  form  a  quorum  for 
doing  business. 

[2.]  Tlie  Presiding  JBishop,  or  next  in  seniority  as  the  case  may  l^e, 
i  iinmediately  after  thus  selecting  by  lot  the  Board  of  Linuiry,  shall  give 
.  notice 'thereof  to  each  member  of  s.aid  Board,  and  direct  liini  to  attend- 
I  at  a  time  and  phice  designated  by  him,  and  organize  tlie  Board;,  and  it 
'  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  member  so  to  attend.  The  place  must  Ix)  v/itlnn 
;  tlie  Diocese  of  the  accused.  The  Presiding  Bishop  shall,  at  the  same 
time,  send  a  copy  of  the  charges  to  the  senior  Ptesbyter  of  those  thus 
selected  by  lot  from  the  four  Dioceses. 

[3.]  On  assembling,  tlie  Board  shall  organize  by  choosing  from  amoii.u- 
themselves  a  President  and  Secretary,  and  shall  also- appoint  a  Churcli 
Advocate,  Avho  must  be  a  Lay  Communicant  of  this  Church,  and  o.f  the- 
•  i)rofession  of  the  law,  .and  who  thenceforward  shall,  iu  all  stages  of  Ihc 
]»ro'ceedings,  if  a  trial  be  ordered,  represent  the  Church,  and  be  the  i)arty 
on  the  one  hand,  while  the  accused  is  the  ]?arty  oji  the  other.  ,Tlie 
sittings  of  the  Board  shall  .be  private ;  the  Churcli  Advocate  shall  jiot 
.ittend  as  prosecuting  counsel,  but  shall  beat  all  times  at  Iiand  aiuT  in 
readiness,  to  give  his  advice  in  all  questions  subinittcd  to  him  by  tlie 
,    -     Board. 

'  [L]  In  conducting  the  investigation,  the  Board  shall  hear  tlui  accusr,- 

tions  and  such  proof  as  the  accusers  may  produce,  and  shall  determine 
'whether,  upon  matters  of  law  and  of  fact,  as  presented  to  them,  there  is 
snfficiisnt  ground  to  put  the  accused  Bishop  upon  his  trial ;  and  in  such 
investigation,  as  well  as  in  all  cases  of  J;rial  by  an  Ecclesiastical  Court 
now  atithorized,  or  here^ftei-  to  be  authorized,  by  tlic  Constitutions  or 
.  Canons  of  the  General  Council,  the  laws  of  the  State  in  which  such  iuvcs- 
•  ligation  or  trial  is  had,  so  far  as  they  relate  to  the  lav,  of  evidence,  shall  1k; 
adopted  and  taken  as  the  rules  by  wliich  the  said  Board  or  Court  shall  be 
governed.    If  a  majority  of  the  Board  present  on  such  investigation  shaH 


1862.]  ITOtJSE  OF  DEPUTIES.'  .  -Or., 

be  of  opiiiiojt  that  there  (irk  snfiicient  crounds  to  put  the  accused  l>i?hop» 
ii])on  his  trial,  they  slmll  direct  tlie  Cliurcli  Ad\  ocatc  to  prei>a!-e  a  pre- 
sontinent,  to  Ije  signed  by  sucli  of  the  Board  as  agree  tliereto •  and  to 
rliat  end,  shall  place  in  his  hands  all  the  charges,  togcther.witJi  the  testi- 
mony that  ha9  been  laid  before  the  Board.  .  - 
,  [5.].  'J'iic  i>oard  shall  then  direct  the  Church  Advocate  to  trausiuit  to 
the  liishop  from  v.lioin  they  roceived  the  charri-os,  the  presentment  thn,« 
si.-iied;  and  shall  cause  ,hiin  ajso,  -vvithont  delav.  to  send  to  tlie  acfused. 
IH-^hop  a  copy  of  the  same,  •certified  by  the  Church  Advocate  to  1>e 
'  correct.             '   -                                . 

[(!.]  If  a  majority  of. the  Board  present  shall  be  of  opinion  thrrt  there 
IS  nOt'sunicicnt  gronjid  to  put  the  accused  Bishop  lipon  his  trial,  in. such 
case,  tlicclinrges,  together  with  a  certificate  of  the  President  of  the 
i«oard  of  its  refusal  to  make  a  iiresentment,  shall  bo.  sent  to  the  Secretary 
of .  the  IJousc  <^f  P)isl;oi)S,  to  l)e  deposited  ajnong  the  archives  of  tliat 
House?  And  no  proceedings  shall  thereafter  be  liad  bv  v.ay  of  present- 
nient  on  such  charges,  except  u})on  tlio  affidavit  of  a  respectable  Commu- 
nicant of  the  Church,  of  the  discovery  of  new  testimonv  as  to  tlie  facts 
(•!iargo<I,  and  setting  forth  what  such  testimony  is.. 

^  tV.J  No  preseiitnxent  shall  be  found  in  any  case,  nnless  tjie  allesied  of- 
fence shall  liavobeen  committed  within  five  years  next  before  the  dav'on 
whieJi  the  ehai-h;es  were  delivered  to  »thc  Presiding  or.  Senior  liisho]). 
Uut  if  tiic  accused  shallhave  been  convicted  of  the  alleged  offence  in 
a  State  court,  Jiotwithstanding  five  years  luay  liave  dapsed  since  its 
Ci)inMussion,  ,a  presentment- may  bo  founded  on  charges  ^ivered  to  tlie 
'Presiding  or  Senior  BiSliop  at  any  time  withiy  one  year  after  such  con- 
viction. •  ,  •     "    • 

v'  o.  [l]'_Wlicii  a  ^fe15elltulent  has  been  made  by  tile  Board  of  luquir.r, 
or  a  majority  thereof,  totffe  Bisliop  from  whom  tliev  received  the  cliar-ix's, 
,it  $hall  bo  the  duty  of  snch  P.ishop  forthwith  to  give  to  the  acciised 
written  notice  to  attend,  at  some  pluce  not  more  than 'one  hnadted  miles 
iVom  the  place  of  residence  of  the  accused  Bishop,  :ind  at  some  time  .not 
less  Uian  twenty  days  after  the  time  of  serving  sucli  notice,  either  i)er- 
sonally,  or  by  some  agent  authorized  by  lam  in  writing  to  act  for  him  in 
the.  pi'cauises,  for  tlie  purpose  of  selecting  the  Bishops  wlio  shall  form 
t'.K'  Court  for  the  trial  of  the  said  accused  Bishop  n])on  the  said  jji-esent- 
liKUt.-  He  shall  also  give  notice  to  the  Church. Advocate  of  the  lime  and 
i)l;;ue  appointed  for  such  .ccl^ction.       •    •  /  .      ' 

12.]  At  tlie  time  and  place  f.i)pointed  in- the  notices,  the  Bishop  who- 
lias^givon  the  notic'es  shall  attend  ;  and,  in  the  presence  of  the  accused 
B!s!iop,^or  of  liis  agent  authorized  as  aforesaid,  and  also  ii;  tho  presence 
of  riieOhnrcU  Advocate,  .or  of  such-person  or  persons  as  may  attend  in 
lys  belffllf,  or,- if  no  person  shall  attend  on  behalf  of  one  or  both,  of  two 
1  ivsnytcrs  named  by  himself,  the  suid  Bishop  sliall  cause  to  be  placed  in 
a^  vessel  the  names  of  all  the  Bisho])S  of  this  Church  entitled  to  seats  in 
tue  House  of  Bishops,  then  being  withiia  tlie  territory  of  the  Confederate 
St.ates  except. tliQ  aacused  and  tliose  Bishops  who  may  be  related  to  him 
-either  by  consanguinity  or  affinity,  in  the  direct  ascendino-  or  descending 
li^ie,  or  as.  brother,  uncle,  or  nephew.  Jleshall  then  cause  seven  of  the 
stytl  n;^m63  to  be  drawn.  The  names  so  drawn  shall  be  entered  upon  a 
IhH^as  tiiey  are  drawn,  and  the  accused  or  hi.s  airent  mav  strike  off  the 
listV,iie  name,  and  the  said  Church  Atlvecate  or  his'agent  another  name 
and  .so  as  to  reduce  the  number  to  five.  If  it  shall  happen  tli.at  either 
party  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  strike,  then  .Iho  Bishop  who  lias  given 
the  notices  shall  reduce  the  number  to  five,  by  striking  off  somayyof  the 


y4  .JOURNAL 'OF  THE  GEN-ERAL  COUNCIL.       [7tli  P^y. 

Jast  (Irav.-n  naines  .is  \Yill  reduce. tUb  list  to  that  ^lumLer.  -Tifefivo  Bislieps 
wliose  names  remain,  or  a" majority  of  tlieiai,  "wlien  assembled,  shall  con- 
stitute the  Court  for  tlie  ti'ial  of  tlip  accused  upon  the  prqsentmeut. 

[8.]  The  Court  Jid-ving  been  thus  constituted,  the  Bishop  to  whointhc 
presentment  Avas  made  shall  immediately  communicate  tt*  each  i]ishop 
Avho  has  thus  ])eea-by  lot  xlesi.2:nated,  as  one  of -the  triers,  the  fact  tliat  l^o 
is  a  member  of  the  CowA.  ,lie  shall  also  appoint  a  time  and  place  for  the 
assembliap:  of  the  Cj9urt.  TJie  time  shall/iiot  bjj  less  than  t^vo  nor  more 
than  six.  calendar  Jiionths.from  the  day  on'Ayhich  the  notice  (-.honhl  arrive 
at  tlie  most  distant  Diocese,  in  the  ordinary  course  of.  the  public,  mail.  • 
Tiie  place  sliall  be  Avi.thin  the  Diocese  or  Missionary  field  of  the  accused 
Bishp'p,  unless  \thero-  the  same  may  be 'of  sucli  ^fricult  access,  in 'the* 
judgment  of  ^Jie  Presiding  or  senior  Bi3Uop,-t4)at  reasonable  convenience 
nuiy  reijniro  flie 'appointment  of  another  location;  Aiid  the  said  senior 
Eisnop.sliall  cause  the  Cluu'ch  Advocate  to'  scfid  certified  copies  of  the 
said  preseutnicnt  to  all  the  Bishops  who  con'stitute  the  Court.         »  " 

I  f.J  The  Bishop  to  whom  th.^  .presentment  lias  been,  made  slnill  also 
iinnicdiatcly  communicate  to  tlie. accused  the.ham&s  ofthe  members' of 
the  Court,- and  inform  him  of  the  time  and  ])lace  appointed  for  its  uleet- 
in;«;,  and  summon  liim  then  and  there  to  ap])ear  and  answer,  •Me  or  atiy 
other  Bisliop  of  ttiis  Churcb  having  charge  of  a  IHocese,  shall  Kave 
])Ower,  .until  ,tti.e  Court  assembles,  upon  the  applicaticyn.of  either"  tlie 
Ciiurch  Ad.vocate  oi*  tiuo  accused,  to  issue  p.  suiftmous  for  AvitneSses. 

j  G.  Tlie  Bishops  who  constitute  the  Court,  or  a  majority,  of  them, 
havLiig  assemlpted  according  to  the  notice  given"them,  wliich  notice  i-t  is   ' 
hereby  n^ade  their  duty  to, gbey,  shall  proceed  as 'follows,  viz:  t 

[1.]  They  i^Iiall 'elect  ti  President  out  of  theii"  own  number,  and  appoint 
a*]Presbyter  of.  the  Cliurch  as  Clerk,  and  if  nec^-ssjii^',  another  -Presbyter 
as  Alssistant:  Clerk  ;„  and  when  thus  organized,  ft^e  'President  shall  direct  . 
the  Clei-k  to  call 'the  names  of  the  Church' Advocate  and  the  accusi^d  ;_^ 
and  if  baitli  appeal*,  lici^hall  tlien  cau^c  llie  Olerk  to  rwid  the  presentment 
which  was  delivered  to.tLie  Presiding  or-t;euior  Bish'op,  whose  duty  it  is 
iiereby  made  to  deliver  tbe  same  to'tlie  Court  lyion  i(js" organization. 

I -2.]  The  a'ccused  sljall  then  be  call^ed  ui)on  by  the  Court  to  say  whetliVi- 
he  is  guilty  or.nofi.  guilty  of  tJie  offence  .or  oii*ences  charged  again-st  him, 
and  his  plea  shall  be  duly  recorded;  and  on.  lus  neglect  or  refusal  to 
})lead,  the  plea  of  not  guilty  sliall  be  etifered  i"or  him,  and  the  trial  shall' 
I)roceed :  Provided,  That,'for  sufficient  cause,",  the  Court  may  adjoiirn 
•from  tinie  to  time ;.  And  2}}'omd3d,  also.  That- the  accused  shall,  at  ad* 
times  during  the  trial,  have  liberty  to  be  present,  afid  in  due  time  and  , 
order  producp  his  testimony,  andto-jnake  his  defence. 

pj.]  If  the  accused  neglect  or  refuse  to  appear  in  person,  according  to 
the  notice  served  on  him  as  aforesaid,  except  for  some  roasouablG  cause.  . 
to  bp  allowed  by  the  Court,  they  shall  proceed- to  pronounce  him  in>con- 
tumacy,  and  notify  him  that  sentence  of -susiJeji^ion  or  degradation  will 
be  pronounced  against  him  by  the  CVurt  at  the  expiration  of  three 
months,  unless  within  that  time  he  tender  himself  Tcady,  and  accoi;dingly 
appear  to  take  his  trial  on  the  presentment.  But  if  the  acQused  shall 
not  tender  hunself  before  the  'expiration  of  the  said  three  niQjilhs,  sen-  , 
tencQ  of  suspension  or  degradation  from  the  ^lii^istry.may  be j^)rdnounced 
.against  him  by  the  Court. 

[4-.]  The  accused  being  present,  aiid  the  trial  proceeding,"  it  shalP  be 
conducted  according  to  the  principles  of  the  Common  Law,  as  the  ^ame 
are  generally  administered  i^  the  Confederate  States;  nor  shall  any  testi- 
mony t^e  received  at  the  trial,  except  from  witnesses  vlio  have  signed  a 


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deelamtiou  iu  the  foUowing  words,  t&  be 'read  aloud' before  tlic  witness 
testilies,  and  'to  be  filed  with  tlia  records  of  the  Oorart :     .    ,  ■ 

"  I,  "A.  B.,  a,  witness  summoned  to  testify  on  the  trial  of  a  [jf-cscutmcnt 

:i-aiuRttIie  Ri-lit  Ikn-.^^ ,  <f  BisliQp  df  the  .Protestant  Episcopal 

ChurclLin  tlie  Cpnfederate  States,  now  pending,  do  most'  soleuinly  coll 
(^od  to  Avitnesa  that  the  evidoncb  I  am  about  to  giye  shall  bo  iJie.trnth, 
f,!ie  whole  truth,  and  notliing  hut  the  truth  ;  so  help  me  God!"         '% 

•And  if  it  be  hecessary  to* take  the  testimony  of  an  absent  witness  on  a 
I'omiaissien;  such  testimony  ^lall  Ih)  preceded- by  a  similar  written  decla- 
ration of  the  witness,  wlueli  shall  bo  tiled  ami  transmitted  witli  h'm  or 
Jier  depo>*itiou  to  tlio  Court.  The  testimony  of  each  witness  shall  he 
reduced  to'writiu^.  And 'in  c£ise  there  is  ground  to  suppose  that  tlje 
rfittendance  or  any  witness  "on  the  trial  cannot' lie  ohtainetl,  it  sJiall  be 
lawful  for  either  pafty  to  apply  to  the  Court  if  in  session,  or  if  not,  to 
any  mehihcr  tliereof,  who  shall  thereupon  appoint  a  coinnussary  to  take 
the  deposition  of  such  witnass ;  timX  sucli  party  so  desiring  to-  take  the ' 
deposition,  shall  give  to'  the  other  party  reasonabl'3  notice  of  the  time 
and  place  of.  taking  siieh  deposition,  accompanying  such  notice  with  tlie 
interrogatories  tp  be  propounded  to  the  witness;  whereupon  it  shall  hi' 
lawful  for  the  ol^her  party,  witliin  six  days  after  such  notice,  to2)ropoi'md 
cross-Inton-Ogatories ;  -and  such  interrogatories  and  cross-interrogatories, 
if  any  he  pn)pounded,  shall  lie  sent  to"\he  commissary,  who  shall  theue- 
upon  proceed  to  tak^e  the  testimony  of  sucli.  witness,  upon  oath  or  aftirm- 
al^on,  and  transmit  it  under  seal  to  the  Conrt.  But  no  deposition  shall 
bo  read  at  the  trial,  unless  the  Court  have  reasonable  assurance  that  the 
attendance  of  the  witness  .caimot  be  procured,  or  unless  both  jiarties 
shall  consent,  that  it  niay  bo  read:.  Provided,  That  in  any  -Dioceso  in 
which  the  q/yil  government  has  authorized  the  Ecclesiastical  Courts* 
therein  to  issue  sunuiwuis,  for  witnesses,  or  to  administer  an  oath,' the 
Court  sliall  act  in  conformity  to  such  laws. 

[5.]  Air  noticoS-and  papers  may  be  served  by  a  snmmoner  or^Ummoji- 
or/,-  to  be  aixii6inted-by  the  Court,  vrhen  the  same  is  in  session,/or  by  a. 
mein-ber  thereof;    and  the  ce«-ti!icate  ot"  any.  such  sumn^onCr  shall  bo" 
i)\3dence  of  the  due  service. of  a  notice  or. paper.     In  case  of  servica  by 
any  other  person,  thefact  vihy  be  pl-oted  by  the  affidavit  of  such  perso:;.' 
TJie  delivery  of  a  written  notice  or  paper  to  tJie  accused  party,  oi* tg  the  " 
Ciiurch  Advocate,  or  leaving  it,  or  a, copy  thereof,  at  tlic  residence,  or 
l;ist  known  residence,  of  eitlicf,  siiall  he  deemed  suiEciont  service  of.suc.i 
ftotico  or  paper,  on  the  Clmrch  Advocate  and  accused  respectively,     li 
t!le  }*ersoi?to  be  served  with  any  notice  or  paper  shall  liave  left  the  Con- 
ft|lerftte  States,  it  shall  bo  a  sufficient  service  thereof  to  leave  a  co])y  of 

•  SIU.-II  notice  or  paper  at  his  place  of  aboda  \vithin  the. Confederate  Spates, 
sixi.v  (fays  before  the  day  on  which  the  apiiearance,  (u-  other  act  required 
by  J he^said  notice  or  paper,  is  to  bo  performed.  • 

|H.]  Tlie  accused  i)arty  may,  if  lie  tiiink:  iM-o])er^  have  the  aid  of  coun- 

^sel ;  and  if  he  shonld  clfoose  to  have. more  than  one  counsel,  the  .Chnrch 

•Advocate  may  have  assistant  advocates,  to  be  named  by  the  accusers; 
biit  in  every  case,  the  Couft  may  regulate  the  number  of  counsel  who 
sTiall  :w],dress  the  Court  ov  examino  witnesses.  Tiie  Clmrch"  Advocate 
siiall  bL-  considered  the  party,  on  one-side^  and  the  accused  on  "tlte  oth'er. 

.  All  cognise!  must  be  Conuiiimicant"s  of  the  Church.  » 

|7.  f  Tlio  Court,  having  fully  heard  the  allegations  and  prool*;  ,of  tljc  • 
]iartie.s,  and  dolijierately  considered  the  same,  after  tlieparticshavc'^vith- 
di-awn,  shall  declare  rcsj)ectivoly,  wjicther,  in  their  ojiinion,  thq  dccuse<T 


DG  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.        [Vth  Day. 

is  guilty  or  not  guilty  of  eaclrparticular  cLarge  and  specifications  cour 

.  taincd  in  tWe  presentment,  in  the  order  in  M^Iiicli  they  are  set  forth  ;  and 
the  accused  shall  be  considered  as  not  guilty  of  every  charge  and  speci- 
fication of  which  he  shall  not  he  pronounced  guilty  by  a  majority  of  tlio 
inenibers  of  the  Court. 

[8.]  The  decision  of  the  Court  as  to  all  the  charges  and  specifications 
of  which  a  majority  of  the  jnembers  of  the  Court  have  found  hini  guilty, 
sliall  \)e  reduced  to  writing,  and  signed,  by  those  who  assent  to  it;  and 
a  decision  pronouncing  him  not  guilty  of  all  fliose  cliarges  and  specifica- 
tions of  which  a  majority  shall  not  have  f)ronOunced  him  guilty,  shall 
also  be  drawn  up,  and  signed  by  tl'ose  who  assent  to  it ;  and  the  decision 
thus  signed  shall  be  regarded  as  the  judgment  of  the  Court,  and.siiall  be 
jn-ononnced  in  the  presence  of  the  parties,  if  they  shall  think  proper  to 
attend.  ^ 

[9.]  If  the  accused  shall  be  found  guilty  of  any  charge  or  specifioatiou, 
the  Court  shall  proceed  to  ask  him  whether  he  has  anything  to  say  before 

'the  sentence  is  passed,  and  may,' in  their  discretion,  give  him  time  to 
prepare  what  lie  wishes  to  say,  and-  appoint  a  time  for  passing  the  sen^ 
tence  ;  and  before  passing  sentence,  the  Court  may  adjourn  from  time  to 
time,  and  give  the  accused  reasonable  opportunity  of  showing  cause  to 
induce  a  belief  that  justice  has  not  been  done,  or  that  he  has  discovered 
new  testimony;  and  the  Court,  or  a  majority  of  its  members,,  may, 
according  to  a  sound  discretion,  grant  him  a  new  trial.  Before  passing 
sentence,  the  accused  shall  always  have  the  opportunity  of  bx^ing  heard, 
if  he  have  aught  to  say  in  excuse  qr  palliation. 

1 10,]  The  accused  having  been  heard,  or  not  desiring  to  be  heard,  tRe 
sentence  of  the  Court  shall  then  lie  i)ronounced,  and  sliall  be  either 
admonition,  suspension  as  defined  by  the  existing  Canons  of.  this  Cliiirch, 

-  or  degradation,  as  the  oftence  or  ofieuces  adjudged  ^ to  be  proved  shall 
seem  to  deserve.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the.  Court,  Avheuever  sentence 
has  bc-eii  pronounced,  whether  it  be  npoii  a  trial,  or  for  contumacy,  to 
communicate   such  sentence  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Autlfority  of  every 

.Diocese  of  this  Church;  and  i-t  sliall  be  the  duty  of  such  Authority  to 
cause  such  sentence  to  be  niade  knowii  to  cve^  Clergyman  under  .I'l is 
jtirisdiction 

[11.]  Every  Court  shall  keep  a  full  record  "of  itsproceedings,  iacludiuu- 

'  the  whole  evidence  given  before  it.  Should  any  Court  <refuse  to  insert 
in  its  record  a  statement  of  any  testimony  which  has  been  received,  or 
of  any  decision  which  the  Court  has  m^de,  or  of  any  fact  v.hich  has 
occurred  in  Court,  or  any  paper  which  either  party  has  produced,  it  shal'l 
be  tlie  right  of  either  party  to  file  an  exceptioji  in  writing,  containing  a 
statement  of  such  evidence,  decision  or  fact,  or  referring  to  or  describing 
such*paper,  Avhich  paper  shall  also  be  filed  with  the  exception.  Aal 
exceptions  and  papers  so  filed  shall  become  parts  of  the  record. 

[12.]  Such  records  shall  be  kept  by  the  Clerk,  and  inserted  in  a  book, 
to  be  attested  by  the.signatures  of  the  ^'resident  and  Clerk.     Ever}^  such 
book,  and  all  jiapers  connected  with  any  trial,  shall  be  deposited  with 
the  Registrar  of  the  General  Council.     Such  books  and  ];apers  shall  bo' 
open  to  the  inspection  of  every  member  of  this  Church. 

[IB,]  Every  Court,  constituted  under  the  authority  of  this  Canon,  may 
be  attended  by  one  or  more  Lay  advisers,  wJio  shall  be  Coipmunicants  of 
this  Church,  and  of  the  profession  of' the  law.  Such  advisers  may  be 
present  at  allthe  proceedings  of  the  Court,  but  they  shall  have  no  vote 
in  any  case  whatever ;  it  shall  bo  their  duty  to  give  in  person  to  the 
Court  an  opinion  on  any  question  not  theological,  upon  Avhich  the  Court, 


•  •• 

VMVl.i  ^•I^TOSE  OF  DEPrirrr^.      .      ^*-  9T 

or  nui;  uk'HiIht  tlicnH)f,  or  either  paityv  slu'U  <lesiiv  an  upinion.  If  n 
(li.sjmto  shr.U  nri^e  whetli^ir  arty  (lunstioii  lio  or  lio  notllirological,  it  shall 
li((  detnde.l  by  tlift  (•onrt  l^y  a  iii.'ijoriry  of  votes.  Tlie  C>'ourt"iU!iy  always, 
}iy  uiianinioiH  con.-'i-ii!:,  appoint,  an  uih  is«r  or  advistrs.  ^i  tt^cy  are  uor 
niifininKiiis,  eaci*  ineiiihcr  of  tlio  (^o^lrt  may  iiainu  ft  c^udi^lato ;.  jfiint 
iiirtro  tlian  Mireo  aro  iiHnied,  tlipy'al]  shall  ho  ndviifcrs  ;  il'iiinre  tlian  llifee 
ar«  naiiiod,  tUo  Court  shall  roihuM  thorn  to  throe  by  lotj.'.      '  ' 

,  j  v.  [1.]  Any  ]{i-<lio|)  of  tills  Church  may  be  prosetitcd  lorTKiJflin;:^  aii.l 
Leaching- doi'trino  inroQsi.-^tiMiT.  with  tliat.  of  tliiii  Ghnrch,  by  any  Uisho]. 
in  ronnnnnion  with  tins  ('Inircli,  and  iiotnndor  siispensicmoi- dc!»rndutior;. 
No-  Uishop  shall  l)e  presciitodin  ;uiy  t>tlior  Tnodo  lor  thi<!  olTonct'.;  yiul  ir 
-hiill  Mot  be  lawfnl  lor  two  or  niorc  pe.rsons  to  urjito  in  any  snoh  pro^cDt 

jnyut.  Th(\  Ijislio]!  niakimj,-  such  pro^i-nlinint  shall  appoint  a  <'hni.'li 
Advorate. 

f2.]  Every  pvesontment  for  alK'.;i\>d  cvroiioou-*  dootriTic  r-hall  tu-  si,'Tn<d* 
bv.tho  porsun  iiiakui,i;-it,  and  .-ihali  lu'  add^e^^^ed  to"  thy  Hwhup-i  of.  ih.* 
rrott'staut  Ki)isoopal  Church  in  the  Conft^dC^rato- States,  and  delivered  t  . 
»  fijie  senior  Ijishop  entitJefl  to  ;i  stvit  ih  thi^  Uoiisb  of  J^ishops,  and 'not 
boin;j;  the  flOCTscd  or  the  :u\'aser,, whyy^o  J^ity  it*  shAll  l>o  to  convone  ti 
Court  for  the  trial  of  t-lifi  aceu^jcd.  Th(S  Conrt  sha!l  ho  <'(>iuposcd  of  all 
the  })is]io[).s  cutitlud  to'seats  in  the  llouso  of  J'ishop>',  exeejti  th't>ac.cii-^i,r 

'und  the  accused.  Three-foirrths  of  snch  iVishops  sh;dl  con-^titute'a  quo- 
rnm;  but  tlio  consent  ot^two-thirds  of  uH  the  I'dshops  entitled  to  sosrt'i  iii 
tho  House  of  J^ishops  shall  be  necessary  to  a'eQavictio^i.^  ' 
, '§  S.  1 1.]  If  charf^es  be  preferred  :l;;'aTnst  a  .MlV^ion.ai'ij'  Jilshopr  wh#  i^ 
jiot  a  Dioeesiiu,  suvh  "Missionary  Bishop  shall  he  required  hy  'tlie'  Pr^sj* 
ding  or  seuior  Rishop  to  iiaiuo  ^>nino'  one  of  (he  lhi*ee  DiacMise":",  nt^;i»03t*tft 
his -District  or  Misaionnry  Held;  and  such  seToetioQ  havin:^' ))epu,  nnfde, 
tlie.prooeedingj  shall  then  1)9  j'^eeisidy  sucli  fl<),  under  this  Canon,  they 
would  he  were  he  the  Diocesan  of  theDiofieso  named  I>y  hipi.-  Should 
tho  Missionary  JUshop  refuse  to  name  a  piorrese,  then  th»-  Presidiu;;- 
liishoji  may  name  an\  one  of  thothrije  al)Ovo  »]e.sif;uated,*  a.nd  the  etfjer 
shall  be  the  same  as  if  the  nonifm^tion  Irhd  heeu  uvi'l*^  by  tfi*>  ^(irh-^l 
Mip*i(Uiary  Hisiiop.  ■     '  ''"'    \  '    \  *j  *      •        -'     * 

,|2.]  If  eliar^os  be  preferred  a.u'ain^  a  Bishop  liartnjr  no,rnrisdiMloh„k'- 
shall  be'i>r<ieceded  ftgaiust  precisely  as  i1"  Ke  vtere  ilje  lJiooe«iaif*of  the 
Diocese  iu  whiidi  he  has  his  civil  residence.  «  *    4      ** 

•  [H.\  Any  rorei^tn  Missii.rniry  Bishop  ^lla^l,  on  pitesentment  by  t\^(>- 
third  ^  of  the  ^rissionaric-i  nnder  his..Muirgc,  fo;-  iminnraiity  or  heresy,  k>i- 

..lor  a.violttlioji  of  the  Coustitution  or  Cauons"  pf  this  €hurch,  b»  tri«d, 
and,  if  found  j!;nilty,  seutenoe>l,  in  all  partioulars  aw  if  he  were  actually 

4i-esideut  within  theJimitsi  of  the  Confederatp  States/exoept that  the  tri«l 
may  bo  within  any  i)ioce.'ie  in  the  Confederate  ("^tatea. 

*'  Oi'drrcd,  That  the  Secretary  .convey  sai^V  Reaototion  to 
tho  Hotfte  of  Bishops.  ■.  .  \*^  •*  •*  ^«  :  ^'  » 
,  On  motion  of  tho  llov.  Dv.  Hnbbar«l.t]io*  tA'ords  ''Deposi- 
tion, dibplacinii:,  and  all  tho  like  expressions  are  tlie  eanie 
as  det^n-adation"  were  striokeit'ont  pt  the'Bdand  4th  lines  of 
[1]  oiF  §  2  of  Cauon  }Xr 

On  motion  of  the  tiev.  Mr.  Trapiei',  the  Avord.^  *-or  de- 
posed" wore  inserted  botwoeu  the  words  '"degiwled"-  and 
V  minister"   in  tlie  -Itli    line  of  the'.  f::inio   pnragi*fti.>li ;  and 


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f 

also  betvYeen  tUe  yvofds  "degraded"  and  ^'tbe"  in  tiie  1st 
line  of  [2]  of  §  2;  and  the  words  -'or  deposition"  were  in- 
serted between  "degradation"  and  ♦'be  "  in  the  7th  line  of 
the- same  parao-raph.  "    f    •  ■ 

On  motion  oi  the  same,  .    •   -. 

liesolved.,  The  House  of  Bishop's  enncnrring,  that  the  following-  Gancn 
be  adopted,  to-wit: 

■      _  CANON  TX.     ... 

0/  Sentences.   • 

§  1.  Whenever  the  penalty  of  suspension  shall  be  inflicted  on  aBishop,. 
.  Priest,  or  Deacon  in  this  Church,  the  eentence^  shall  specify  on  what 
tefl'ms,  or  at  what  time,  said  penalty  shall  cease. 

§  2.  [1.]  When  an_y  Minister  ia  degraded  from  the  Holy  Ministry,  h.e  i^} 
degraded  therefrom  entirely,  and  not  from  a  higher  to  a  lower  Order 
of  the  same.  No  degraded  or  deposed  Minister  shall  be  restored  to  the 
Ministry.  i  ■' 

[2.]  Whenever  a  Clergyman  shall  be  degraded  or  deposed,  the  ]3ishop 
.vt'ho  pronounces  sentelice  shall,  without  delay,  give  notice  thereof  to  the 
Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  every  Diocese,  and  to  each  Minister  (or  to  the 
Vestry  -if  there  be  no  Minister)  of  the  Diocese  to  which  the  Minister  be- 
longs; and  each  Minister  in  said  Diocese  shall  give  notice  thereof  to  his 
.Congregation,  on  the  first  occasion  of  public  worship  next  occurring ;  in 
wliieh  notice  it  shall  be  stated  whether  or  riot  the  degradation  or  deposi- 
tion be  for  causes  affecting  moral  character. 

Ordered^  That  the  Secretary  convey  said  Resolution  to 
the  Howoe  of  Bishops. 

.'  On  motion  of  the  same, 

V,  Ees'ohedy  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  tliat  the  following  Canon 
\>%  adopted,  to  v.'it:  *•"   ^  ,    j'       **.«•, 
.1     •     ♦•»♦•,•        1^ 

*    CANON  X. 

Of  the  JOemissioii  or  Afoddjication  of  Judicial  Sentences  of  Ei^liofs. 

■  The  Bishops  of  thisChurch,^'w:ho  are  entitled  to  seats  in  the  House  of 
bishops,  may  altogether  retnit  and  terminate  any  judicial  sentence  im- 
posed by  Bishops  acting  collectively  as  a  judicial  tribunal;  or  modify 
the  same  so  far  as  to  <3esignate  a  preeioe  period  of  time,  or  other  specific 
contingency,  on  the  occurrence  of  which  such  gentfence  Ehall  utterly 
ceaae,  and  be  of  no  further  force  or  effect :  Provided,  that  tio  such  re- 
miesion  or  modification  shall  be  made  except  at  a  meeting  of  the  Hou?q 
of  Bishops,  during'  the  session  of  .some  General  Council,  or  at  a  special 
meeting  of  the  said  Bishops,  which  shall  be  convened  by  the  Presiding 
Bishop  on  the  applicatioii  of  any  five  Bishops ;  three  months'  notice,  in 
wriiiug,  of  the  tirne^  place  and  object  of  the  meeting,  being-  given  to 
e|ich' Bishop,. or  sent  to  his  usual  place  of  abode :  Provided,  gZs6>,  that 
such  remission  or  mfiditieation  be  assented  to  by  a  number  of  said  Bish- 
ops 4iot  less  than  a  majority  of  the  whole  number' entitled  at  the  time 
to  seats  in  the  House  of  Bishops  :  and  prodded,  that  nothing  herein  shall 
be  constnled  tQ  alter  the  effect  of  Canon  IX.  of  this  Title.        *  ' ' 


le.oii.]    "        '  iioysE  OF  Diy:>.u;ttES.     ^  '     *  ^^•*. 

•*  .     '  .     •  *  *  * 

Ordered,  That  tlj.^  ^(^crokiry  conn^y  fiaM  K^^<jliitiou  \o  the 

'•    Oil  Diotioii  of  the  isttiiuti, 

Jks<iIne(/[  Tha  House  6li  J>i^■l^f>ps  odUicurrinii,  that   the  fnllowiug  Caiinu 
Ux  ndupted,  to-wit;  ♦        »  -■  •  •,  •       .      .       . 

§*1."A  CJ^^i'municafit  reiiloving-  tV.Oni  one  Partshtp'arf other,  fhalT  pro- 
•nre  from  tl'ia  Ker^for'of  tl>e -Pnrish  of/his  last  residence,  or,  if  there 'b« 
no  tvcctor-,  from  one  o*'  the  Wavdeus,  a  certificate  stating  that  he  or  slia 
is  a  Co;nmunicaut  in  «joa<!  ^taimini;:;  tuid  the  Rector  of  the  Parish  or 
f  CongKoi^jition  to  whic.h  lio.  or  t^lie  r^niovefe' shall  nut  Le  required  to  re- 
rtc^\ti  hiln  or  heP  a:^  a  CouNiuiliic;nit.  until  surli  letter  be  produced.  '/» 

♦,S  2.  As  one  of  th^  rubrrrii»>l"-this  Church  requires  that  every.Mii|iister'  ,^ 
repelling  from  the  t'oitnnuiiion  slyxU  {Jive  an  account  of  the  same  to  the 
,(3j4inar7,  it  ia  hereby  pv*^^'^^'-''^''  tlwt,  infounation  of  the  same  being  hiid'  * 

•  biefore  the  Oiilinai^.'tJiat  ip  tlie  Hisliog,  it  sliall  not  be  hir^,  duty  ti»  iustit-nte    • 
an  inquiry,  uulew;  thorif  lie^'a  complaint  m^de  tolfhu'in  svritin!:;by  th*re-  • 
polled  party,     iiut  on  rcP(.M^•in)Jr  comjdalnt,  the-'Hiidiop-  shall  institute.  aij» 
in^uir},  as  may  be  directed  by  the  Canons  of  the  l)ioce'^e  in  wliio'li  the 
ovont  lias  taken  place  ^  and  the  notice,  given,  as  above  liy  the  Minicter,  ^ 
shall  be  ^.  stifllci^nt  preseiitatiph'  of  tjie  "paHy  repelled. 

♦.  0?Y/rr<?(^, 'That  the  Se^ri^jtarj  gonvey'eaki  Resolatioii   to 
thelloyse  of  l5isUpp;>l.         %•     • .        \'.v*«  •     -« - 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Massio;  .''•..     •  ''    '  : 

ReHohed,  That  thii  house /uinciir*  id  tlie;*aiirendm^n1)  to  Canon  FV'  (o^ 
Title  III)  as  ct^'veyed  tt>  thisJiouse  in'Mens^ge  ]Ko.-iy  6f  tlte  llous.e  of 
Bishops.   •  \'    '  *  •  ,1        .'■•'•   t  ■•..■'. 

On  mdtion  the  llonse  adjoHiMied  tlll.to-niOiTow. 

.ErGlITH'pAY'S  S^SSIOjS^  ; 

Augusta,  .Kbv.  £0,  186^, 

•  •ThelTouse  met  at  lu  o^dock,  A.  M.    •  ' 
.Moruing  Prayer ,wa9  read  Ity  the  Rev,  Dr.  P^terldn  atid 

the  I^?.  'Mr.  AV^a^uer/   .         ''..'■'.-.      '"''     *  * 

TliiB   mmnfc3 -of  yer-ternay's^prpceetJings  wereVOacb'^nd    • 
confirmed;'      ^  '*•.*.,.,'  '   •      '  ' 

'  *ThQ  comiTvttes^  on-Uhe  titdte  o^'tne.ChnrcK  ma)de-the  fol- 
.  lo\vin!2:  ,,-'■:'''  I  .  '      '  • .    '  : 

RErOKT 

;  *     Vj, the  Cuyitifitff eon  {?ic 'State  of  the'  Church.  ' 

'••••»  •  •' 

hi-^tteinptmg.to  difidiaiig^e  thpi  duty  imposed  upoil  tlieni,  your   Coin- 

•  mittee  have  felt  sonaewliat/iUibarrAssed  by  the^  peculiarity  of  their  podi- 
tfon.  It  has  beau  a  (iue?tion  how  far  back  they  should  look 'for  mate- 
rials for  xJii3.  repoft.  inasmuch  as  this  Church  may  I'd  said  tp  date 
Itdllliston*  frrnn  fhe  t)p<>niiT^*of  thi9  councU:  ^yeryjirevious  etej)  takeir 


^ 

s 


.   lUH      ■      »  .TOUUNAL  Oi."  iilE  GENTuP.AL  COUNCIL.    -•[StliDav. 

»  *•  *•  '•  '•"' 

*  '      J  •      .  '  * 

l.y    uie  Jiierabers  ol  Ike  ^iii,'5C0j);il  Cluin-li  Hif  tlicse  ConfV'derate  States 

li:n  ia.ii;  been  ojil'y  preparatory,  and  ^Yhat  w,'is  <lon'e  ia  tlie  way  «f  (gospel 
laiiiisi ration  bi'to^re  the  movement  wbieJi  i^ave  tis  n,  distinot  and  .sepiifat(ji 
t'xirttence  as  aClmroli,  j)i'operly  beloii,t;'itig  to tlie  doings  of  tlie  ol<l  oi"gan'- 
i/ation.  Oji  tliP  ofbov  liand  it  Itas-been  said,  tlie  diooesan  elements  o!" 
.  <ii\-]iich  tbis  ehurcli  ia  iio\\-  composed,  have  bad  tbvon'ii;]!  tbc  past  three 
vear-*  a  t-ontiimity  ot"  existence  as  nnbroken.as  in  any  former  triennium 
tbrongii  w'liieb  tliey  have  passed.  ■  Yet  Ji  further  ronsideration  is,  fliat^ 
\r bile  the //ii/i'/ of  tlu3  dioeese  bfis  ))een  preserved,  it  Is  too  sadly  true 
tbat,fiii  ftoiiie  eases,  thch. yihcre  lias  been  riiueb  restricted,  and  in  hU  their 
incinift-have  been  curtailed,  and  the  nsnal  modes  ,of  operation,  more  or 
l*s!<  interfered  "witfi.   '•The  elTeet "of  these  things  of  c6nr5?e  has  been,  fo 

■  icduee  very  nnicb    the  materials  on  whitdi  reports  of  this   kiiid  are  nsu- 
ully  leased,  a;id  to  render  our  wot^k  ivather  Vngne  and.  nnsp.tist^ictory. 

Under  th'e   circumstaia'ees   it  has  been  tbonght  best,   that  we  cnnteitt'*. 
iiii'rsfrlves  vfitb   layintr  before  your  body  the 'reports  of  the  several  dio- 
(•(^san  dcleiriitioHs  T^'hirh  coyipose  |his  Comihittee,  simply  prefixing  a  f^w 

.  remaris.  ■'"!;■  ' 


pauf 

►,    •*!.'       .to  recognize  the    fact,  and  to  .notice, tlu'i  peculiarity  of  their  circunistan- 

#.  ces.     'I'liey  dji*  s;o  in  no  spirit  of  pgotism  or  nncbaritablcnesK,  but  of  pro- 

t'l.iind  humility  an(]  re\erence  towards  Gojrl,  and  of  gortdwill  towards  all 

nien.    It  is  not  their  dt'sire  to  speak  of  the  political  events  and  relation* 

•  ^      ,  connected  with "^bes'e  circbmstar^s^, for  tins,  o'ther" person*;  and  places 

would  seem  more  a[)propriate.    '      '    »  ..* 

In  confiirmity  witji  Uie  ne\v  nationality  winch  the  people  of  tJiese  Con- 

•■  r<-derate  Stales  l^ave  established,  the  members  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 

[la!  communion,  have Ibrmej'lthemselv.cs  into  an  independent  Church.  •   As 

an  ecc.lesiast-ii'al  body  their  action  has  beeiiidetermined  by  the  orderings 

•  of  Pi'ovidence:  It  has  not  attempted  to  lead  them.     However  dear  to  us 
^          *     the  personal  agencies  e'mph)yed  in  these  changes,  aiid  however  important 

f;  the  specular  interests   at  stake,  v?e  prefer  to   iix  our   attention   rather  on 

liiat   miglityand  myslerions  hand    l^'  which  all  human  events  are  riiled 
and  overruled,  ajj*^  <"'   ^'i^   paramouiji  interest^*  and  welb being  of  that 
Kingdom    which    is  •  (Everlasting. »the  Kingdom'  o^  Christ  on   tbe  earth." 
*  liiat  Kingdoni  whichis  rightA>onsness   peace  and  joy  in  the  Holy  Ghf»st.  » 

^  To  christian  men  the  chafige.s  whichtahe  place  in  the  "kingdoms  of  this 

',   ^-orkl,"  must  ever  lia.ve   their   chief  sigiiilican-ce  in  their  bearing., on  tlie 
Churcii'of  the  living  God,oven  tilongh  the  precise  nature  and  effect  of  that 
'  bearixi!»beJbrthepre.seAt  hidden'froni  their  eyes.  "What  the  Cod  of  nations 

ineaSis  to   iiring  about. ujtiinatc^ly  by  the  events  wiiich  hn\e  recently  ta- 
ken place,- it  is  not  for  inaa  to  know  ;  but  His  Church,  if  found  in  an  at- 
litude  of  do<'iUty,  tlepende'nce  and  jirayer,  is  authorized  to  be  very  hope"- 
ftd,  a;iid  to  lo(dc  Ibr-fehe  happiest  restilts.     While,    therebn-e,  ■vs'!th  a   tirm' 
^^       «      a!id   tranquil    faith,    we  leave  future-events  i/l  the  hands  of  Hi^i^vrho  is 
•     Iit'.id4>ver  ailtliings  to  and  tVirllis  clrurch,  let  present '/-t/fy  be  our  one 
•,  .■uiicern:  '  ^  ,       '         ,'"»'•■. 

■In  the  course >ot  events  we  liave  been  separated   from  brethren,  with 

'     ,  whom  we  have  been  associated   in  the  same, ecclesiastical   corainuni,Q;i,  ' 

since  theTrotcitanfEpiscopnl  Chnrch  was  fully  org^mized  and  set  in  op- 

erati(Jdi  on  tliie.  continent.     Though   now  fountl  within, difierent  political 

•        ■  bonndajies,  the  chujch  remains  eseentially  'one.     In  this   respect  we*are 

.t  •  •  ,    .  •  ;     • 


•  •.  .'*  •  V  •        . 

1362.]  *  •HOUSE  (JF  D.2ri?TIES^  •     lOi 

♦  •  "         •• 

,         ■  ■     ^  •  •    •     •     •        1   ,  • 

no  more  sei'araleil  iTuiu-llioin,  llian  iVom  tUc  iiujinbt^'^'ftf  any 'I'l'oi enfant 

Epi.'^coiial  diiUTli  tIiron};lionl,'Hio  worlfl.  Jn  iiiatlfrs  of  this  kind",  iioitiiVr 
r^tropraphical  1>oiiiii1h,  iior  uivH  icliilioiis,  iiorniiy  temporal  rau'so  \vha1.*o- 
tvcr,  rail  Lavo  tilVc^l  t^o  loii^^  a^  iii^lojilriTio^  disciyliho  an<l  lvorshi|)  wo 
are  sub.'jtanliall.y  Hic  fame.  Al4(\  j^gcv^'lcsin'ricaUy  our  nnily  is  lo  ^Iris 
""t'Xteiit  ilms  preserved,. .'^o  wc  VoiiM   eiidt^avfir,  in  sllil^^o^  uve^  taiiij'fa- 

,    tioH  to  the  ("o.ulraryv  to  cultivalc  h»  tlie  uli'nosl.   tqwai'H--  our  lorjiitr  !tf*> " 
ovitcjJthc '.'jvuily  of  tile  H|)irit  in  llio  bopd  of  ]Toart>k''       •  » '•        ■     . 

AVeJinve  said,  iliad-  prf;-ent  duty  s^liould  lioNfitli  us  flip  ♦t<i>  ronotTn. 
7V/^(<  duly  iiuifit  ho  jicouiiur,  ,li>r  our  cirrTiru^^tfrTlco?  jiro  nefliH-ar. 
TIte  ecclcsiastiiTiT  I'evolutinn  "vrhlcli'lia:^  cnsncrl  tfpon  llic  ]iollti<ar,  wirrjc- 
witit  _K.  a  call- lo  new  fXjLMtions,  it  luuy  f^gs^-il•)ly  li.c  >n  Pome  ruspwts  t.i  . 
uvw  Vuodcs  of  ('iieraiion,  and  ccrtaiidy  to  a  ucwrinril.  Juntas  iiidivid-  *■ 
nal  cliristiuns,  (Ui  jj  cliaiig^^  *)!"  rosulence,  ^issoeialion  or  l.)io  likr,  f-lioulrl 
ini'iirovo  llij^'  oppyrtuuity,  ivo{,  if  inay  he,  io  wcHuiy  (Ii»;ir  ]irincip1i^S  in  any  , 

i     nu-a'^urc',  bat  to  inakemrrcGticMisarMl  aiiKiidnwuls  in  tin.;  practicul  af^plica-     ' 
t  iofi  of  (tifin, ami  start  in  anew  and  niorcausiiiclnusri'.roorcvf  life;  -osluHijd  * 
U  he -w  ]l\i  R  cht'nrh  silnaleJ  as  llij;  now  j;v    To   say.  tin' ltns»-;'oid  ini-'tli-' 
od.hi  .•'lidnld  l>o  I'licd  willi  more  zea],  pt-rscvcrancc  aftd  pr«yo»fi'lni*;Ss  and  , 
nlj  oauM's  suslflined  vitli"  inore^stcndino-^s^and  self-sarrLtice, 

()t  all  tlie    various  modes  of  reliirrous  and  Ixnovolent  ci'oivilion  wji'irli 
i,aveoc<MHjji-d  tiicclmreli  in  years  ]>a;M',  we  \vouliWrn|»  n  Ayord  ouly  upon 

.  1\v(»;  and  IUp  lir<f  is  tluUof  v»/i<*'/(yw.'?.*  It  is  e\"c<'f>dingly  fjTatifyin.'?  to  ob-  » 
-erve^here,  V'li't  tiic  Cli^y  interest  of  fhh  oliurcli  in  t!iiMl-ati:*e,  ^TiOwod 
il'^elf  »ev»'n  in(li6  hiitiabCuMvention  ('ailed  in  Monltroinery,  anel  Ihal  nol* 
n  ilhskwidinrj;  (he.  .nnpVopitioii.'iness' of  iho  times,  siinis  ♦if  money  htivi 
'■.ecu  eollreted  ,and  distributed  by  titc  rolnmitteolliere '  af>]>ointodi  nni  • 
iiiily  for  domeslie,  but:  also  iViroi^ni  nse.  Iii  tbis  ])artiti«lar,  llierefvirf,  w 
may  almobt  ve^itui'e  4o  »iay  tif  tl^e    ehurrli,  that  ''Kh^ /i/tl/i.^mio  ir/ntf  f^ir'  ■     »   ^ 

cu>/Ll^'\'^gl•  llie-fiilntre  jl  is  humbly  hn])ed  (hat  wliafeter.exnT;  iiarcx'liinl 

,  eausc,    is' ue'lected'  or  sustained    j^fnuinji;.  us,  this  will  not  fail  tob^  ear-  " 

,   ricd  forward^  ,  NcYcr'is  (he  clnireh  move  herself,  ifian  wiirii  "ho.  is  IrsloUr 
iuu-  (o  nnd*cndeavoriui;  to  obsefV*'  Jier  .divine  ]\tgster's  lastVcnnmarul,   "d'" 
;/r  into  iill  t/u"9roy7il  aiitf  p>r(i<'Ji  tlir.(!i^r>cVli>  rrrrji  rrr<ihn%."      '       , 
"  'Tlfe.  other  s]jectes  of  reli!i:;iou's  cllort-wiiieh  t^eems  ^o  call  tur  Dotifi'  fafin 
this  ckilmnntlee  is,  thyrt  in,  hmnlf.of  ih»*  xjiirihuU  irrlftt-rr  (vf  v>n'.rj<ln'rr<l  * 
pvjnilnlioii..     tt    }v  riot    iie/'.essary    lo'^Tidk'ate  the    Wuphasis  witli   \vhieli» 
prf'^fidi^r^lial  oyeiifs  ecuuuieufll*  this  enjjso  lo-jonr  hear^,-.  ••  Xot  witlnint  re;v 
.-•en  is    Ll.  wilft  aH    South<'rn  .Fpisr(>|iglLtns,   n'uiatky  ot'.  thanl^nliiVsw't*'  » 
(iodi  lliat  liiis  is  with  (hem  m^  ne\t-*sub_iept.  oL'  iVerMiir  <ti-  rif  <'(t'ort*     Th* 
Jourind;-  v'i  the  General    Convorifiou' oCthe  church  of  which  \v«\(un-'' 
fermciT  a»i»art,_aud    imtch  more,""  I  host*  of  tlM-'Veveral   Sui>H<crn  j)i(>.es.-  •. 
slniv.-,    tha*    foriiiBny   yeurs^  ba(«k,*  there  lias-lxen  ftnt>  of  (iod  jn(o  the  M 
In^iTts  of  <uu-  Tuiuistera   and  ik>*I'1*-  «"  carm-st  (hsii-e  to  disciiarn^jh.ir 
(liwv  in  thi*  ]i:irUcnlac,ajid-tJi!«  tli«  d<;sire  Itjis  not  proved  aliorlij-t?     We' 
oniv^;idd  our  conviction,  iliat.it  is  llle,wr3^ut  duly  ,if  tfijs  chnvch  to  arct  on. 
in  tliis  ;^ood  jvork,  t|ll  if  jx^-.'-ibK^ii  may  be  sail  of  Uer  iTci'--  to*-,  a*-*  iu  tli.' 
otlier  c.t^e.Vi^i  referred  to,  ''■  •'^'fii'  fi'''fi^  i^'ntc  if/iii'  t</ic  cxrlti'.''*       •     ,'   •  * 
ynr  L'kit  topic  has  vcferofici',  not  Ut  specHiimioclcs  *>f  oLxrati/m. 'fci^'l-*"' 
)hc  sjMrif  In  ir/tich  al^int'rl  slm'tUl  h,ul,>i,c  in  Umrhi^'rh  "/'  (7n'-i.tf,     V^nyd- 
infif  as  we  (h^'atj  tlio  head  ot  n  m^'\v  hrslorh-fll  ^;l■^.•i^■s,-l■b*'^:^inrnn•_:^v  new  em  •    * 
of  ecr-h-ia'^ial  evoiits,.cnii  it  seoin  imippronrialc'trt  any  ^)iA',  fo-sn!/,ir<-«l. 
that  jn'i'tn-wed  ♦•nbrt'jflionhl. be  niado  by  the  mend)ers  of  our  coinmiHiion^     ' 
practically  and^at  (jvc'ry  ste|>  to  rccgcjniso  onr  ei\^ii't;  dep<Midriico»  I'or  (Ik-      • 
icconii>lishin:r  of  lhe  work*  which  o4ir  :i<conde(l  I.'U-d  li;i*;  ••^i-'iied  us,  on 

•      •    .         .;  ...    •••     •  • 


• 


102       '    JOURITALOF^THE^^TERAL  COUXglL.  [Stli  Day. 

the  presence  and  influence  of  the  Holy  Ohost.  *  A  great,,  vital  truth  and 
principle;  \rhich  needs  to  be  realized  more  and  more  earh  succeeding  age 
l\y  the  chufch  of  Christ,  is  contained  in   the  wordr.,  "  A'o^  lif might  -no r* 
l^y  power,  hut  ly  my  spirit,  saith  the  Zort?."    Great  ag&ncies,  large  meafisj, ,  • 
and  much  zeal  and  exertion  have  heeia  -nW-for  sqme  years  employ.ed  in** 
the  cauee  of  Christ's  church  ;  aud  tliongh  they  ha\;e  nut  been  at  all  equal  • 
?n  .amount  to  the   exigencies  of  the    world,   or  duly  proportioned  to  oar 
^  oWD    obligation?,  yet,  such   as  they  /ire,  they   do  nc^t  !:eejn  to  have  •  been 
ahvays  attended  by  vhat  might  1)6 considered  a;  i>ropoi'tionate  amnitnt  of 
blessing  and  beneficial  result.     May  itnptbe,  that  we  havQuot  sufficiently 
labored  in  a  feeliu,fj  of  depeiid^nce  on  t^ie  direct  blesi^ing  of  Heaven  ;— for- 
getting that  f:;eneral  laws,  means  to  e;nd;;,  and  obligatduy  ordinances  were' 
designed  to  set  ur>  at  work  and  make  us  diligent,  but  not  in  the'least  to 
encourage. the  idea,  that  in  true  reliiE;ion  thcycis  any  '  W.fficienoy '■    but 
^"  of  Gods"     In  other   words,    is   it  not  ]pssible,.  that  the   great   Le&'feo^l 
■    needed  and  designed  to  be  reneviedlyimprtigsed  upon  us  at  thisHime,  and 
.  tronsferred   afresh  from  our   creed  to  our  hearts,  is,  •  that,:  "  PaiZ  mriy 
fJant  and-ApoUos  may  water,  I'Ut  God  'givetli  the  increase  ?'''     Surely  ^t  ia 
^not  to?»  much  to  believe,  thatltlessed  as  we  are  ■\\ith  q,  Scriptural -creed, 
an  Apostolic  ministry,  a  spiritual  liturgy,  ^  wise  conatitution  and  canons, 
■  and  a  general   aystem.at  once  orthodox  and   yet  liberal,  stable'and  yet 
comprehensive,  possessing  all  the  advantages  of  ant.iquity,  without  obso- 
leteness or  a  rigid  inapplicability  ;  (/'  our   minds  were  turned  with  more 
intensity  to  a  devout   consideration'of  the  great  doctrine  of  divine  influ- 
ences as  a  practical  doctrine,  and  to  a  more  distinct  and  habitual  i-ec/)'gnih 
tion  of  our  need  of  wh'at  our  Oateohisni  calls  God's    "fpecial  gra(i9_"   in 
-all  our  doings  in  the   clmrch  of  Christ,  it  might,  iuaugur^te  a  course"  ol' 
prosperity  among  us,  niore   proportioned  to  the  desires  of  cur. hearts  ana. 
4,he  wants  of  t^lre  world.     Were  thing.-  so   v?itji  ,us,  Ave  must  believe  it 
would  not  be  too  much  to  Iqok  for^far  more  abundauit' blessing  thap   we 
•have  hitherto  enjoyed   as   a   church,  from   the  goodness   of  tllat 'divine 
f^aviour  Avho  hath  said,  "  Without,  am  .ye  can  do  noftl^m^^^'  and  of  T\'houi 
his  Apostle  hath  said,  '\I dui  doCiU  ihiy.gs1ihrough,  Chtist,  mKichstiKngth- 
eneth  vie.-''       -  '  ^  *    .  •  .'■*'•'' 

"In  conformity  Avith_ these  tentimewts  yofiv  Committee'  would   reyf)ert-» 
'  fidtr  otier  for  the  adoption  of  tb!s  House  the  following  reiulution3,,viz  : 
l".  i?e«o??;ct7.  That  the' church  in  this 'its  first  General  Council,  would 
-olemnly  recognize,  befoi'e  tho  CliurcJi  uiiivei'sal  and  the  world,  a'ditjne 
obli^gation,  to  engage  in  MiLisiouaij^Jabour  tp-extepsivfe  witli  the  fipits  of 
fallen  humanity.  ■'  '"**•,'•,■.,•»'•.-»  , 

2.  Besohed,  That  this  chuich  desires  specially  to  !*ecogniKe  its   obliga- 
,  .tion  to  provide  for  the  spiritual  wants  of  that  class  of  our  brethre!i,  who 
m  in  the  providence  of  God  have  been  committed^o  (lur  syhipatli^  and  c§re 
by  the  national  institution  of  slavery.*      /*       •      '  '  * 

■  3.  Resolved,  That  whilst  at  nil  tinie^  a/ de'jaut  vt,^coguiUoD  (jf  our  ffs- 
•  jpendence,  on  tlio  f-Jpirit  of  all  gfiice;  is  proper,  fhis  lir.sfr  Couuoil  of'^hc 
Church  is  a  Bio.-it  fitting  tii^e  and  place /o  imke  special  an^  public  ac- 
ini awl  pdgni  out  of  the  ;'ayie;  ft)  encouraj!re  uraoqg  our  m(itnbers  the 
cnerishing  in  incrc?ised  <\('\h''^'  ""'f  aji  babittiai  ."eiise  of  -Jlis  presence  and 
jiOw^T  ;  atidhuuibly  .afid  ojirno^uiy  1y  commit  to  His  presiding  influence, 
«  tiie  being,  the  doings  and  the  ^-hoje  "future  h»s*f.ory  of  this  .Church,  to  the 
cn<l  of  the  wx)rhl.  ,  ' '  •  ,  •  / 

Tlve  Committee lu'opose  in  addition  this  tu^tomary  resolution: 
,    ''  ^JRcsohi^d..,  That  the 'vi^Av  of  the  st^ldof  the  Chu'rct  contained  in   this 

Import  and  tIi,e<ic;companving  documents,  ¥e  transmittad  rr>  the  House  of 
#»«■;,  .       •  • 


1S63.] 


HOrgE  OF  DEPUTIES,  *     ^..       103 


Bi&Uops,  soliciting  tlieir  j-rayeiv^  aud  blesang,  and  requestin^^^  tliat  they 
will  draw  up  and  causc^  to  be  pnblii^bed  a  Part  oral  Letter  to  the  niemher,- 
of  tbi&  Church.  • . 

Tn  behalf  of  the  Cou-unittce.  *_    \  * 

"  AVILLIAM  bPAKllO\y,  Ohnmuaii. 

On  Uiutioii  uf  thft  Rev.  Mr.  Miteliell.Gairl  ReV^orC  "wai^ 
a-j;ree(i  tv),  and  the  Secretary  conveyed  the  same  with  the  pa- 
pera  accompanviug,  to  the 'House  of  Biehop.;  in  accordance 
uith  Canon  V. '(Title- II.)  .^  ,  '   .    *     , 

The  foUowiug  meerjages  Avere  teceived  from  the  House- ut 
Bishops:  ••     ^ 

iiEaSAGE  ^Oi   21. 

*       The.  House  of  Bishop:^  infornis  fh©  IIous6.of  ^eputigs,  that  it  ha?,  passed 
^he  followiug  resohitiun :   '  ,     '  ,  '  *.,,.., 

■  Eesolve^,  That  this   Hon je  insists  oft   the  aniendmeut  offdred  by   it  to 
Canon  lYof- Title  IH  and  rei^ue^t:-  a  conference  ■^^  ilh  the  House  af  D^pu-^ 

ties, 

#  MEasAGE  :so  22. 

*     The  Hoii36  of  Bishops  informs  the  Hou^e  of  Deputies,  that  it  has  re- 
•oeived  the  following  Report,  and  adopted   the  ReGolutipns  therein  c^m- 

.  i.'xined.'  ,  ,  ,  T.     'i  ■  •         i?    1    • 

''The  special  Committee  to  whom   wa?.  referred  the  Resolution  of  the 
'  HftufB  of  Deputies  relating  to' the  adniirr.ion  of  the  Dioreie  of  Arkan&as 
,'and  al?o  ;1m?  Journal  of  the   primary  council  of  that  Diocer-e  v^nih'  the 
Con.stitulion  and  Canonss  report,  that  the  requirements  of  the  t.'ongtitu- 
tiou  appear  to  have  been  fully  complied  with,  and  recommend  the  adop- 
tion of  the  following  Resolution;  tu-wit.:  -^  ■  ;       . 
.EcnohH,  That  the  House  of  Tiishops  concur?,  in  the  Resolution  of  tjie« 
Houpe  of  Deputies  admitting  the  Diocese  of  Arkausa?  to  union  w<lh  and 
I     reuresentatiun  in  the  General  Council  of  this  Church." 

the  House  of  Bishops  has  also  passed  the  following  Preainby  and 
Re;.olution,  to-wit:  "  *  • 

."Whereas.  Satisfactory  evidence  having  been  laid  before  this  IIo<i%e, 
thftt  tho  Diocepe  of  Arkansas  has  be^n  duly  orpaniz^,  and  that- 
the  Right  Reverend  Henry  C.  Lay,  .  D.  D.,  ha?,  been  dnlj-eleoted 
BiJtop  thereof,  therefore,  ^  ►• 

*  Besohe<f,  That,  tlie  Hon  e  ot  Deputies,  concurrin;;,  tji©  General  CoUucil 
•*ra4itiefi  aiid  contirms  tbe  election  of  the  Rt.  Rev.  Henry  C.  Lay,   D.  D.,  ^ 

to  be  Bifdiop  'of  the  Diocef^e  of  i^rkansa?." 

"      O.n  nioti,ou  of  Mr.  Mas^sio  the  House^iadopted  the  f,tlloA\ 
ing  Pr^anibloand  RcsolutioB;  tq-wit:    .  •  /.,    '■    ' 

•  Wnfc!<K\s,  The  concluding  clau;;o  of'CaiK.n  IX  (Titlo  111  I  reuderc  un-^ 
HecesL^ary  the  ]atf#r  portion  of  §  4  Canon  1.  (Titlo  lU.)  thiiiefura, 

RcMlv'cd,  ThoHon?o  of  Dnliops  concurring,  tliat  5   4,  Canon  I.    (Title 
.  lU)  is  hcrobv  amended  .'^o  as  to  read  a^  fiylloxva,  to-wit ;    „ 

i^  4.     If  :i  Minister  of  this  Church   sliall  bo  accnf^td,  jiy  puhli"-    rumor. 

cftliscoiU Inning   all   exercise   of  the  ifinistei'ifll    ollico    uitfiout    la\jtnl 

cant^o,  or  (if  living   in    tlio   liabitunl  diptise  of  piddir   \vor.hip,  or  >•!■  tlir, 

\  Holy  Eucharii't  according  t..  the  olfic«t*  ol  \hh  Church,  «ir  of  l.t-in^'  fniilty 

of  scntHbilon..  immoral  or  disorderly c«m(inct..  hr  oj^  viul:.|in<T  tii^  rniinus 


104  -fOURMAL  UF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.   .  ■    [Git  Da-. 

**   •         •• 

.     '       .'  ..*■*. 

or   pj-facLiug  ui:  inrulcatiiig   Levei^ical  doctrine,    it  sliall  he  the    dQiy  of 

ilie  Bitihoji,  or,  ?f  tlierc  1.>e  no  Bishop,  iif  tljc  I'lerical  uicmbprs  of  flie 
v'ltonding  Ooimnittee,  1o  sce'tbat  an  iminiry  bo  iiiHlitutt'd  as  to  the  trutli 
I T  such  public  niirior.  And  in  case  of  tlie  iiidividiial  being  proceeded 
.'i.-^ainst  and  convieted  according  to  c-ncli  rules  or  process  as  may  be  pro- 
vided by  the  Councils  of  the  respective  Dioceses,  lyd  t-liall  be  admonipfied, 
LURpended  or  degraded,' as  the  nature  of  the  ca^e  may  require,  in  cunfor- 
luity  with  their  respective  Constitutions  and  Cauonp. 

Ordered,  That  the  Secretary  eonVey  sirid'I'reamble  and- 
resolution  to  the  House  of  Bishops.     -  * 

The  Diocese  of  Arkansas  hav in f^  heeu  a(linitte<l  into 
union  with  this  Council,  on  motion, -the  Rulea  of  Ordei; 
were  fluspended,  and  a  certificate  attestiu'i;  the  election  of  the 
Rev.  J.  T.  Wheat,  ]).D.,  Rev.  W.  C.  Stoat,  and  Rev.  J.  M. 
Curtis,  and  Messrs.  John  t^eay,  B.  bhapardandD.  Riago,  as 
Deputies  to  the  General  Council,  was  read  by  ttieSecretary, 
and  on  motion  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Elections. 
•  The  Committee  on  Elections  reported  said  certificate  in 
due  form,  and  the  Secretary  heini^  ordered  to  call  the  names 
of-tlic  Deputies  ihcrein  luontioned,  the  Rev.  J.  T.  \VJieat, 
]>.  D.,  auswcred  1o  liis  nainc  and.  look  Ids  sc;d.  iii  the 
Council.. 

^tr.  Battle  ottered  t\i<\  rolJuwing  Rcsululion  : 

Iicsoived,  The  Hon::e  nf  Bishops  cunciirring.  iliat  Lh«  luxi  rej>(ilar 
meeting  of  the  General  ConiiciJ  be  h\pld  at  Monlgoniery,  Ala. 

.Tli'e  words  "Charlcs1ou,,^^:■p.,"  ^Mobile,  Ala.,"  "lluntj- 
ville,  j^la.,"  "Vicksbun!;,  Miss,,"  and"Richmond,Va..,"  hav- 
ing been  severally  proposed  as  substitutes  for  the  words 
"  Montgomery,  Ala."  the  Jionse,  by  a  rira  voce  vote,  on  th<' 
record  call  of  iho,  roll  elected  fhe  Avords  Iluntsville,  J\la.: 
and,  i.»u  motion,  the  Rcsolntion  was  amended  by  striking 
out*  tht;  w'ord  ''MontgorutTy,'  anfl  Jnsertiug  (jjii^ij  word 
'vHun-tsviilo."  '  *    ♦  •"'/»• 

On  motion  tlr^  Ivcsolfition  thus  fanended  v/as  adopted.    • 

,  Or'dered,  That  the  fMr^fretary  convey «aid  Resolution  to  tUjB 
Ibmee  of  Bishops.  "       ,•     »  -    '  - 

The  chair  added  Hh'  licv.  ..Dr.  Whe'at  of  .Ark;iii|as  to  the 
Committee  Oja  thb  Stato  of  the  flhnrch,  and  appointGil  Mr. 
.T»  K.'iBass'on  the  snmo*  Conunlttoy*  in  place  of  Rev.  C.  ('.' 


Rinckn^V'DOt  in  attcfidjmuc. 


V*^-  '..      *  .♦" 


4        'i 


On  motion  of  Mr.  Sa'ss  the  \vord  "■  two*'  was  slrickcn  on  I 
of  the  last  line,  of  ^  G.  Canon  I.  (Title  lY.)  and  the  word 
"nvt^"  was  inserted. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Trapier, 

Jitsolvid,  The  Ilonse  of  JJi.shops  couottrring,- •that  the  folluwjjn^'  Canon 
be  adopted,  to- wU  :       *      "        *  "•  •      '      • 

•  ■     *       • 

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1^62.]  '         jioVSt.  OF  DEPUTIES.*  '  105 

GAXOX   I. 

•  •*  Of'  the   GciKml    Council.  '   '      •      .  - 

:  i.  [1.]  TLe  ri-i^lit  of  callhifr  pperial  niedin.'js  of  the  (itifbral  Couucil 
-hnll  bfc}  fn  tfie  BisJiops.  Tins  ri^Iif  oliall  Im  exerci^'^cil  I'j  tlip  Prosuluij;- 
I'.i-liop,  or,  in  ca^-e  ol'  liis  dcatli.  liy  (lie  Dishop  \v!n>,  acciirdiri!' (o  the 
nilos  vil'  tlic  llou-tio  (if  llisliop?,  is  jo  iH-esitl*^  at  the  next  Ociienil  Oonn 
oil :  Proridol.,  thai  llie  Pinniiionr.  ^hall  bo  'niih  llio  ooiif^eiU,  or  on  there- 
ijuisiHoH,  t>r  a  iimjurity  (A'  tho  IJiKlmiis  exjirc^sed  to  hiiu  in  wriliriT. 

[2.]'TJie  place  ot'  lioldiiiiz  any  8p<'i-inJ  CounriJ  yhall  ho  that  aclerteiT  l»y  * 
i he   preceding   General   Coinuil  f7)r   th«?  iiioctinpf  of  the   next  General 
ijotinnls,  unk's.-*circumslanccs  fhall  ronder  a  )n»^ctin;^4l  such  a  jilace  nu 
safe;  in    which    ca'^o,    the  I'residinci   TJishop   inay  appniyt   sonic   ulhcr     , 
.    place,  '    ■  '      , 

[;!,)  The  T>c|)uti(^,  o.IocUm]  to  the  jn-cccdiai;);  General  Oouncil  bliall  he  the 
I)epulios   at  ;-uch  .Special   (.'ouuril,  iinle?s  in  tho^■e  cases  in  wliicli  other 
Heputie?  shall  have  hren  chosen  in  the  irieaii  fiinohy  any  ol'tlie  Diocesaii 
Conncils,  ami    then  such  (.tllier  l)epu(ics   shall  represent  in    (he   Spefial 
Conncil  the  Chiircli  of  the  TMoccso  in  which  they  liare  heen  olio?en. 
•     «^2.  [1. 1  The  journals,  tile*,  piipers,  n-ports,  aiul  other  dooniuents,  which, 
iiuttpfC^ittnon  V.  of  Title  1I.>  entitled  Of  'S/iivirimj  fni,Aa:uraf»   Vifir  of      , 
ijir  SfrUe  of  ilw  Chn4rh.  or  in  any  other  manner,  shall  hfcoine  the  prop-  ,  . 
'Miy  ol"  cither  House   of  the   General  C<»iincLl  of  t  Ids   Chureh,^  bhall    he 
'  niiiuiittcd  (o  the  keeping  of  a    I'reshylor  (o  ho  elected  Uy  tlie  House  of 
l>(«putics,  upon  uoniination  of  tlie  Uoii'^e.  of  r>isho]is,  who  shall  he  known 
1-  (he  Ivetiislrai'  of  the  Gener.al  Council. 

[24  It  shall  ho  the  duty  of  tlie  said  Kcu-islrar  tu  procure  all  such  jonrn-- 
■iis",  f^k's  papers,  reports  aTid  other  documents  now  in  existence:  to  arrange, 
l-ihel,   file,   index'and   otherwise    put   in  order,  and  [irovide  for  (ho   safe 
krepina  ol",  the  same,  and  all  such  others  as  may  hereafter  come  into  hi - 
]>o»ession,  in  lire-proof  hox  tir  boxes,  in  somssaftjand  accessible  place  of 
doposif.  and  to  hold  the  f'auio  imder  siiclt  rcgnlatious  ati/1;  rcsU-ictjo^s   as  . 
the  Qeneral  fVmncil  may  from  time.t.o  time  provide. 
•         [:>.  I  It:  shall  be  the  duly  4if  tlio  sai*l  Kcjiistrar  .to  prorun  a  proper  bonk 

•of  record,  and  (o  enter  (lierciu  a  record  of  the   consecrations  of  all    thf    •■ 
«  ••Uishops  of  this  ChurcJi.  dcsi;;natini^  ju'curately  the  time  and  pla<'e  of  tii«J   , 
,  _  -^ame,  with  the  names  of  theconsecralinji;  l>i?hops,  and  of  others  presen I 
and  assislintr;  to  have  Ihe  ^amo  autht'iitifated  in  (he  I'idlest  manner  prao-  ** 
lical'lo;,  and  to  Uikceare  for  the  srmilar  ivcord  and  authentication  of  all 
,  lulure  consceVationHfiii  tjiis  CJiurch.  '  '' 

[4.1  The  exi>enses.neeessarv  for  tlie  purl'Oso- coiiieiui)latcd,hy  thisSi''-- 
lion  sh;dl  bo  ]irovidcd  lor  by  voty  id"  the  General  t'onncil,  and  defray'd 
b;  llie  .T^casnrer  of  th(^   same.        .  , 

?  :■>.  The  Seeretiir\- ol".  the  •HoU'-e    of  j^epnlics,*   wjreiicver  Hiiy    aliei-a   * 
lioii  of  the  Gonslitntioii  is  ]>l■op^se^.   (>r  awi"  other   subject  submil ted.  lo, 
ihe  ^otisj(becn(joii  of  th^txcveral  Diocesan  Councils,  shalimvc  apartiotdai^     • 
notice  (^ier(;of  tt»  l?\e  Ecclesiastical    Authority   of  (Ins  Cmin-k.  in   every 
hioeese..  ,*.  .*'  .  • 

?  4.  At  efeiy  triennial    nneliiiL'  >A'  t.ho  Getlt-ral  rvniici>.  a    Tr.ca;»»re1- 
-liall  be<hoson  by  thi^llause  of  |)epu(i<-tj  andconlivni^'l  by  the  llon--oyi',    ^ 
r>isho]is,  who  shall  r^inaii\iii olllce  urttil  tlie  next  staled  C^iunril,  ar  '.  raid 
!  success^' he   aii]iointPd.     It,  shall  he  his  <luty    to  receive  and    di-bur^ie       ^ 
.   idl  nioney^  Collected  under  the  authority  of  the  ICouucil.  arid'  rd  wliidi 


106  JOURNAL  OB  THE  GENEEAL  COlD^OIL. '       [sth  Day V 

".'*.■  ■♦  ■ 

/  .     ,  ,  .  ■        « 

the  collection  and  disLui^eraent  sliali  not  otheryvise  be  regulated  ;  and  to  ,• 
invest,  from  time  to  tiirte,  fof  tUe  .benelil  of  ilie  Council,  t^uch  surplus 
fihids  as  lie  may  have  ©u  hand.  %Iig  account  shall  be  rendered  trienniallj 
to  t|ie  Council,  and  sliall-be  examined  by  a  committee  acting  under  its 
•authority.  In  case  of  a  vacancy Jn  flie  otFice  of  Treasurer,  it  shall  be 
supi'tlied  by  ail  appointment  to  be  made' by  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority 
of  tUe  I'i^iocesB  to  whicli  he  belonged  ;  and  the  person  ho  appointed  shaM 
cimtiniie  to  act  uiTtil  an  appoiptmeut  be'ma-de  by  the  Coiuicil. 

g'  5.  'In  order  that  the  contingent  espenses  of  the  General  Council  flday"' 
be  defr.ayed,  the  several  DioQesan  Councils  shall  forward , to  the  Treasiyerf 
i.if  the  General  Council,  at  or  before  anyjneetiug  thereji)f,  live  dollars^for 
each  Clergyman  within  such  Diocese.  ,  ■    '         '  '^      .  »• 

'Ordered,  That  flife' Sa6retai'j  Uoiivey' BoiVl^Iiesolntiou  to 
the  House  of  Bisliopf^.  ,  '       '   "  * 

On  motion  uf  the  Eey.  Mj'.  Tm|»ier,    '       •♦  •  . 

Resolved,.  T^helioimo-of  Bi&hx)ps  concurring,  that  thti  fifllow-lng  ^anon 
I'Cjjjdopted.  to-wil  :      '       •  .  .•  *    ^    '  - 

•.  t3A>T0X  IL  . 

..  Oy  Standing  Compiittecc.  • 

§  1.,  Ii^.'eVepy  I)iocese  thtre-shall  be  a  Standing  Couimitiea,  to  l^e  D.t)-    ' 
•  pointed  by  the  Cdtincil  tlfereof,  Avhoce  dntie:^,- except  ;:o  far  as.  jupfevifled 
'  kn- by    the  Canons  of  the  General  Council,  may  be  •prescribed  by,  the 
Canons   oftt.he  re?pective  D'ioceses.''    They  .£ hail  elect    from  their  ofl-n 
' body  h  PreBidcntTiild  a  SebretaVy.     They  may  jiiceton  tlieir  own  adjourn-,  • 
'luent  from  time  tp  time;  and  tlio President  bhall  ha\:6  jiower  to  yumJi]!)B 
T^^iecial  iheetingft  -vvlienever.he  t^hall  deem  it  neceyoary.  '         * 

'  ^  2.  In  6,very  Dinccoe  where  tbei'e  is  a  Bishop,  the  btandinT'Conniiiltue    • 
shall  Be  a  Council  of  A'ivice  totlie  KisIiQp.    They  sfiall  begiimmoneJ  dii  t!)'-' 
vequigition  of  the'Bishop,  vvhenever  he  shall  wish  for  their  advica.    ,And 
they  may  meet  oftheir 'own  accord,-   and  agreedbly  to  thei;*  own  rule", 
when  they  may  be,disiit)sed  to  advi^^tlie  Bishop.  -   .      • 

•"    Ordered^  That  thb  Secl-etar}'  Goiive}:  siiiil  resdlutiaD/tp  tt.i"e' 
House  of  Bishops. »     ,     '  . 

■     On  motion  of  the  same, 

■»    ^liesolved,  The  11  cmse'of. Bishop j   "cyncurrin^r,  that  ttib  lollowing  Camm    *^ 
be  adopted.- to-wit :  .  ''*•         ^  -       ,  , 

eA:^0K  HI. 

;         ^  ()/  C'o)ii/!'egat.ions,and  Parislics.     '  .  • 

Xo  congregation   within  (?qe   Bior ese. shall *imite  itctdf  \vith  an.y  ttther 
Diocesoy  and  every  congregation  of  this  Church  shall  jjeloM  to  ,tiie  Dio-   •  • 
(ipse  witliiu  which  their  Church  buijding  is  Ic^patcd.  ,     •  ,         * 

^^Ordcrcd,   That  the  Se(ji>cta^;;}'*cc*ivey  said   Fvesulutiun  to 
Vhe  H<^nse  of  Bisbops.  "  '  •,*  • 

On  motion  of  tlie  saihf ,  .     ♦ 

■Resolced,  Theilou.se  oj'  Bi^bop;-  coucujji-ing,  ^hat  tlic-  fullowng' Vvords 
be  prefixed  to  Canon*-  T,  TI.  and  llT.  as  jii^fc.adopted  hy  ihi?  tlotisc.'t"- 
^^•*it  :  '         ' 

-  TITLE  IV.'' 

''  Of  the  Or-auia(?d  Bodies  and  Oflicer-  of  tlie  Clmrch."'' 


'4 

1SG2.]       •        •  HOUSE  OF  DEPUTtES. 


*'^4.^):ii  ipF  TITLE* Y.i 

♦     •    ^   •        Ot;  Ec^e^l^d  Cd)iom.    '       •  .       '        '     • 
.     ■   '      "•  ■         *      .     ••       -v.-  •••  I  "       -i  .* 

\YIieusyer  tlisl'c  shall  be^a  vepeallij.^:  cjauseiii  aay  Oaiion,  andll^e  said 
(  ;inou>liafl  l^e  rcpealcff,.  >kIc1i-  repeal  sliali  not  be  :i  re-.(raactm3iit'of  tlie 
Ouiou  or  C;uii>ns.rcpQalal  bj  fliiisaid  pe'poaIiii;|  clause.'   .  •  .      \ 

Oi\icf£<f,  That th«.'S"^cretaiy  convey  toid re<3oluti,>ii  to  ihe*' 
Iloijse  erBishopi^.-^     ».■'"'  ,      ' 

On  niotioH  oi'"  ■blie  jiime,    _  .  _  %• 

Ec3olved,*rh'i  Hoir^  of  Bishops  concurriifg^that  tIiefuMo\\-iiig  Catiou''fi!» 
aauptid,:        -      *       •  •■.'*' 

,  ^  .  CA'^Ols  II. 

•*    i^Of  the  Ee^ecil^  ' Jfme?tdfhe7it  or'Eiiactmein^cf^' Canons.    *•     .       * 

I;i  all  cJ^s'of7ut:ul•^  enactment,  tike  ^ime,'if  by  way  of.atiieAcIme'vt 
of  ai\oxt^liU;'i  provision,  s!i;ill  be*  in  tbe'lbllowing-  forn-f:  .^t^anqn -;--- 
(oivSection  -  —  of  Canon  •«f—T-,''or  Clansft.*— —  of  Sectton  '—^ —  oft'anon 

— * — V^«Titlc, ,  is^Ooreby  amended  sp'as  tP  read" a;?  tolloyvs:''-    And 

if  thy  cnarlmliiJ,  is  o^  si^\  adtliiional  daiife,  Jieetior^frr  Canoft';  iL' shall  bo 

•  desii^na(cti^.s  the  uoxt  (Janon,  opne.'ct^^ectiftnj  or  next  Clfttlse,  of  aCaoori. " 
or  Seotioil,  in.tliu  order  ot  nnniUeting,  of  tho  Titlo  to  vvlikh  th^e  subiccl 
p.ropgrl/be^ng;;?  and  if  ff  t'anon  gr  Section  or  ClauL-e  be  •arickcn  out, 
tliot-xisti^;^  munbd-biiS  »ball  baretniiicd,  uiilii  a,ne\r  edition  of  the  Cafii- 

•  onnJBo  dirt'ctoiU         ,     \      ■'  *  '   '  • .  *  •  •   .  • 

The    Cynnuiftoo  o(v  (.  anoiii*  ^iif  V'afli  Ro>i:-«p*^of  tlfe  General  Coiru(^il, 

i'liall^  at  the'do'iG  of  ^ai-'Ir  Session  appoint  t\vo  of  Ihcir  number  to  corli- 

.*  fli§T^hau{^<?s,  if  ;4iy,  Jhhuo  \n  tlio  Canons,  iind  to  i*cjiort  tl>e  sajAe^,  >vitlf 

tin- iTupeV   aj-rang§ni_Pi\t  thei'eof,  to   the   !^T?cretar^,  \?hij  shairprint  the 

.  r-:giie  iivthe  journal!*        ••,        ♦•.••«      .    .  •  '    . 

.  Ordered,  That  tlie  Seln'et^^v#X)l\ve^'^aicI  resohition'to  fltc 
'  ITon.^^.c  of  Irl^;hops:       /    •    ■  ■    .         '  '  ' 

f)ii  jnotloi)  of  thfi'same, 

»  -   *    .  ■  , 

Junokril,  Tl^o.IIou^e  Oi'  Bif-liop^..  ^jOucirrinr^  that  the  l4»]ftn\nn^  ^rd.^ 
*I.'C  pi^tif'M  io  Ihc  <\vo  (';mun  ■  jii-t  adopfod  l>y  this^IIoiioft,  ty-j\-it : 


TITLE  V.' 


ft,  ty-3\nt : 


.  .       •Misci.dhii^ou!=^Proyi»>tuhf^.' 

OrSerc'K  Tiiautho  ^e(*i:t*tai;\;c^tivp/sai'd  ];e;5cJirtion  to*4he 
'Ilonse  of  l|j6/t(>|)6r  *' •;     -    ,       ►  ';■        ;   ..    •     •    * 

Un  motton  oF^Jio  Rcv,^[i\  Jranecwi,* 

liaohed^  That  tuo  Conference  'ashed  in  >f»s$aj.'c  Xi'.VZi  vi'  the  IIou^o     , 
of  I3i;4lop!.<  b«»!i;.Toed  to.*     /  •.  •     .  »        , 


lOS     "  .TOU-P>"AL"oF  the  GE2^Ee1l  COUXCIL..""  '[otliDaj.  ■ 

"On  motion  of  the  Itev.  Mr.  Mitcliell, 

liesohed,  That  tlie  meinliers  ot-  tlie-Coimnlltee  on  Cyujir-  bo  the  C>.'i;i- 
itiittee  of  Courercuce  ou  tlie  part  of  tliis  House. 
>     Qniercd^'^Thut  the-  Secretary  sd   iuforiu'  the  Ilourie   vi' 
Cislfoiis..  ■      y        \ 

The  chiiir  hiiviii^^' '  auuouiiced  thfe  special  urdtr,  to-"^vifc : 
Message.  Xu..  20  of  the  House  of  Bishops,  Mr.  I'helan' 
moved  to  amend  the  lirst  Itet^i^hition  eoiitaiued  in  said»]Sfes- 
paii^e  hy  striking  eat  all  atterthe  words  "The  Ilonse  of  Dep- 
uties eouenrring,"  and  insert  licsohilions.l  and  S  reported  * 
to  this"  House  in  the  report  of  the  Oohirn'ittee  on  the  Bible- 
-tiiid  Prayer  13ook,  •  *• 

The  ehair  ruled  the  motion  tmt  of  utdt^r.  , 

Mr.  Phelan  iippealcd  lR)m  the  deeision  of  the  ehaift.  \-    ■  ■'■ 

The  lIouEe  su^taiii^^l  the  derision  of  the  chair.  Ayes  1:1 
Xoes  11.  .      ■ 

The  liev.  Dr.  Mason  moved  that  this  Ifouse  do  wjt  ■,  oiieiir 
•  in  the  adoption  of '-the  llesolutions  eonveyed  lotiii?  Jlon:^c 
An  Message  Xo  20-of  the  House  «f  Bishops.  ,   '  • 

.  The.  follov.'ing  inessages  were  jeeeived  fr^m  ilic  ]Jr)u«(M.r 
Bisho,ps.t"  »> 

Tiio  liousuA)i"d''Jy1ioi>s  iuforins  the  Iloui^c^.i'f  Dcijulies,  ihai'il  ^m'iiufui'^ 
with  UieirWnse  of  D'aputie*  in  tlio  iT])iJointineitt  of  Huu-ti^'illc*  Aln.,  :i- 
thfe  phice  of'  theiilest  regular  ifieel  iri'a:  of  the  ft^eneral  Oouncil. '  *        • 

*      '    i  •  *  w       ■  \ 

The.  House  of  Bi^^liop^-  iuforins  the  IIousu  of  J>"pulirs,  that  t;n  un-  yy.n 
of  tliis  House  it  fij^s  appointctl  Bish(«|4.s',\tk"nsou  and  Wilni«r«s  (lio  ^"'o;i"     « 
uiiAtee   of    CiuifcrouctJ  ou' the    prf>r»<>fe(l    ;iniun(1ijicti1    to*  Canon    T.    (''1' 
TiUell.)  •  '■■■'.'. 

»  On  mutiuii'liie  llour^e  look  a  recess  until  X'o  cloek,  I'.-  N-! 

■ '.    £VEXi:xu^ki|:^;sio>".  • 

Theliev.  Dr.  Mason  withdi-ew  hirMi\otion  ol'  non-eofieur- 
reneein  theliesolutions  contained 'in  Jile^ssng'^  Xo,  :70  of  th" 
House  of  Bishops.  .  •         , 

On  motion  of  ]\Ir.  ]V^e(Jwidy^    ,  A  •*         .  ^ 

I^rsoIvoL  The  House  r>f  IVislit.ps  cunvj'ii'i'it^y^f  1  hatyie^s;ifte»No.  !;<.'  (4  lh«' 
Hsiuse  of  Bishops,  lugetlier  uitli  the  Jiei>ort  and  .Ttesjilutioiis  of  thi^Coni- 
iuittee  of  tliis  irousc  OH  ilio  Jii14e  aii'l  I'l-apcT  Bonk.  I.f  roferred  t"  ,i 
juint«coiiiutittee  of  Inith  JToiises.  •.  '  .    ' 

"fhe  ehair  app»oinfedas  siteh   Committee,  m  the  pal't'ot" 
this.  House  tfiG'.liev.  Drs.  Mfig^n  and  I'cterkin,  r^nd  Messrs.  •' 
.  MeCrady,  riichin  anci  5fassie»    *    ,,       ^     .■.-        ^ 

*  Orc/m'(7,  That  the  vSeeretary  convey  said  "r'-solnti'jn  .oio 
ap}»ointi1iGuts  to  the  House  ed' Bislioj's,  •♦         • 


•  • 


l^a.] 


HOUSE  OF  DEPtTTIES. 


'i'lie  llouso  look  iiii'lljo    Ucpoil  of  ilu'    ('oVaiiillil-'OC  on  * 
Anssioii.-*.,       .      •    '  ',       .     *      .  *•    • 

Kov.  y[\'.  Chirk  iviovctl  tliut  the  lirst  l^.soUition.cfMit'uned 
ill  .-iiaiil  Keiioi't  lie  adopteil.         ,  .    ■      ' 

I'cnding  tlio  (lisrus.^ioii  of  snidjiiotioii.  Hie  ITnii'rJi'.  nnmn- 
i ion.  ncljf>iU'noc]  till  fo-iiioiTOW  :  ■  . 

^   •       '  \'  1  N T 11  IJAV'S  SESS'ri^X- 

'  ♦:^utfi'S'SAj  Ga.,..Xov.'  ii,;i 802; . 

The  Ilou^e  laot  ;il  U>  o'clock  A.  M,     Morning  Prayer  wa.s  , 
read    by    liov.  Mr.   Williams,   ot' Ga.,  ami . the  .  Uer.  J)r.* 
AVheat',  of  Arkansas".  .•'*•♦  •  .    ;    ."     *.,».-! 

The  minnte.s  of  yesterdn/s  pro'eee/lin!?s  ■^''efe  rend  and 
eonllrmed.  '  , 

The  (JommilteO  buVExpenscs  presented  llio  folln\viM^• 

*.■*•'-  '         REPOIit.  .    . 

The  ('ijiiimitrot?  oi.  Exi)Cnses  rci»ort,  tJiut  it  has  not,  had  the  intau^  as 
yot  tor  malciiiiji;  aii  approxinuito  estiijiate  of  the  pxponscs  attcndiiijj;  the 
ju'e^cnt  oouncil.  •No  vondlors  liave  cjniie  in  so  fur.  Thore  Is  a  balance 
oT.^5.S.16  due  on  arcoiuit  ot'th(»  hu-f  Convention.  The  Coinmittee  wonhl 
r(?('<mun(»nd  tlie  appoiutuient  of  a  Treasnrer  UNdor  tlie  pi'ovi-»ion  of  the 
Canon,  arid  renuud  tlie  l)epjities  of  the  several  Dioceses  to  famish  said  • 
Treasurer  with  t!it#  as.-;e?snieiit.  , of  live  ilollars  for  each  Clergyman,  in 
^acli  DipoePe,  ordered  hy  thts  Cx>iiiieil  to  ).e  paid  to  defray  expenses. 

(Signed)*    '    m'  <        '     •'•   '^-   IJACON',  Ch.iimin.ii. 

(•>n  motion  of  Iho  i^ev.  Mr.  Tl-apier,  »,  . 

OrdcrcJ,  Th[\i  the  ibllowing  words  be  inserted  in   tlie 
.T(^nrnal  of  .the  Proceediiigs  of  thi.s  IJouse  on  the  page  pre- 
•e^ling  the  title  page,  to-wit  :*  • 

OPvMR  .   , 

Oft/ieSec/ckin/oftAcJIqaseof^DcpHiU^s'.'    '     . 

SvKTio^^  >.  •ASecfetar/  shall.be  Qhdseii.  jit  every  GineVal  Coun«'il,  M* 
baliol.'hf  ;t' niajorit}''?»f  voters,  after  Wivf  ioiY  >  nortiiiifltions.  If  but  om- 
p.ysiiiijti nominated.  t,)ie balloting  shall  bodi.-<pensed  with.  The  SeeTetary 
■h.di  eojitiiine  in  oilieo  until  llio  ineetins  of  tliQ  next  tleneral  Conneii, 
in(i'niitil.!iib  suecesior  is  cho-en.  l(e  .'^liall  att^Mid  at  the  time  and  placf- " 
MppoihteiJ  t'orJ'he  mettinii-uf  the  Geuerul  Coiiucil ;  shall  receive  the  tes- 
rlinninals^df  tlio^c  who  shall  there  at t^ mi  as. members  I'f  the  Hou.s^  of 
*l>e|iiities  ;  sli:Jl  record  the  names  of- tlu).-;*  wlio  presenttestinionial;  ;''aiitj 
wlit'u  siiCh  list  is  ma'd^,  shall  take  the  votefe  of  tlifWJd  uan>etl  in  it  f(.«r  .n 
I'residenf.  Tlie  insertiT)n,  by  tiu>  Sectetarj-^  in  the  list  so  made  by  him, 
of  tile  name  of  any  person  "who  has  presented  a  testimonial  of  his.up- 
poijitment  as  a  Deputy,  '^hftU' i>o  //W//»<f /(»<*»>  ovidenoe  of  t lie  rij^lit  of 
such  person  to  n  ne.at ;  but  asxion  as  the  House  is  duly  organised,,  a  Cojii- 
niitteo  on  Elfection<shall  be  a]ipointed,  to  whom  the  te^tijiioniuls  of  all 
those  olaimin;';;  to  be  membere  shall  ^e  referred. 


liO     .  "  '  JOURNAL  OF  THE.  GENERAL  COUNCIL.      •    [StliDar.' 

The  Secretpiy  sliiill  keep  full  liUiuiLes  ui,t]iu  jivofeeding.s  offhe  Honso; 
trunscrfbe  them  ^>ith  all  Reports  into  a  book  provided  for  that  purjSosc:; 
^  jifeserve  the  Journnl  a.ii<l  Records  of  the  House  ;  de>Jiver  them  to  bis  sne- 
eessor,  and  jjerform  fitich  other  duties  as  luay  be  dii-eoted  dr  assigifed  to  ' 
liini  by  the  Tlouse.  He  may.  wit);  tlie  approbation  of  tlie  Hou,'*e,  .appoint 
nu  Assistant  Secretary.  It^  during  tlie  recfss  of  tfie 'General  Council,  a 
vacancy  should  occur  in  the  office  ,of  Secretary,  the  duties  thereof  sliall 
drivolve'upou  the  Assistant  Secretar}',  if  th(^re  be'oiie;  ii^not,-or  if  life' 
Assistant  Secretary  shall  die  or  resign,  a  Secretary  sha,ll  be  appoint^'^d  by 
the  Standing  Coniliiittee  of  the  pio^ese  J!!  wliich  tlie»nex_t  Gefieral Coun- 
cil is  to  meet.  •  *  ■   ^        #_    •  ■  •  r 

Sectiox  2.  In  order 'to  aid  tbe  Secretaj'y  in  preparing  th.e  list  specified 

in  the  preceding  section,  it   shall  bB   the  duty    of  t^e  Secretary  ,of  tke 

Council  of  every  Diocese,  to  forward  toihim,  as  so^on  as  may  ^e  practi- 

'  cable,  a  copy   of  the  Journal  of  .the  Diocesan  Cotincil,  .topefhiir   witli  a  ' 

certified  copy  of  the  testimonials  ot'iiiembers  aforesaid.  , 

s"   On  motion  of  the  same  dt  was  .iinaiiimolisiy.  ^  . 

•  Hisalced,  That  we  regret  t*he»ftbsence  j^f  our  brethre<j  of  Woritla'  Lou- 
isana,  and  Tennessee,  and  tender  them  the  assTirsiliice  .'of  ¥>ur  earnest  sym- 
pathy in  the  troubles,  which  keep  tliem  from  u_s.  and  our  p^px^'i'  'i^J 
hope  that  when  npst  thrs  Genw^l   Council  meets  they  maiS''be  with  nsn 

Tlie  following  messages *\vere  received:  frem.the  IIougb  of  ' 
Bishops;.  '*''^    •..*         •     '.  ' 

«  MESSAGE  TROM   Tnp  HO^SE    OF   BISHOPS   :^S^»25**^ 

The  House  of  Bishop3,infor'mg"rthe  HoHse  of  Deputies,  th9,t  it'liasiuffde 
riie  following  amendments  to  Canon  IIL  (of  Title  IL)  ^s«,tran^Hitted   to 
this  House  in  Message  Ko.  22  of  the  House  of  Deputies,  to-wit  : 
-'     By  the  insertion  of  #a  ne-jy  section  to   be ^aJled  section  L,  and  to   ref^i^ 
as  follows :  ^.'    ■.,,...••     ',     .♦  **         ''••** 

§  1.  To  ejititle  a'  Diooeso  to  itiie^clioiee  of  a  Bishop  by  tlie  Council 
thereof;  there  must  be,  at  the  tinie  of  auch  (.hoic,t),'and  have  Wen  du- 
ring the  year  previous,  at  least  bIx  officiating  Presbyters  therein,  regu- 
larly settled  in  a  Paris^i  or"  Ciiurch,  and  qualified  to  vote -for  a  Bisjiop 
and  sis  or  more  P«rish.e«  i;epreseatgd  in  the  Council  electing. 

By  .changing  §  1  ,to  §  3  and-  i'nserfim-*the  following  clause,  to  btr^called    . 
partigvaph  4,  to-wit :         '•.•.■.'  •.  ■•  %" 

[4.]  "SVhQn  the  election  of  a   Bishop  occurs  ^-wVthin  the  tln'ee-  months 
preoeditig  the 'regular  meeting  ^of-*  the  General   Council^     the    stand- 
•  jjig  '  Conrmittee .' of   the   Diocese    §hall    comnianicate  to  t"he     Gqjieral 
Council  the  'desire  of  the  Diocese  for  the  cdiisecration  of»t!^e  'Bishop 
elect,  together  with   evidence  of  liis  election  and  the  .testimonial  reqtiired 
by  §  3  [1.]  o€  thiiCiHion;  and  if  a  mtijority  of  both  Orders  in  the  Hohse 
-  of  Deputies  shall  consent  to   the  proposed   consecration,. and  shall  pi^'n  .■ 
and-  transmit  to  the  House  of  Bishops  the  testimony  contained  in  §  2 
[2.]  of  this  Canon;  and  if  a  maiority  of  the  Bishops  entitled^^fo  seats  in   ■ 
»th^  House  of  Bishops   shall  consent  to  the  proposed  consecration,  tlid^' 
'Presiding  Bishop  shall  take  order  for, 4:ha  same.  ■         ' 

By  changing  [4]  to  [5.]  ».     ^*      ••  ..        * 

Bv  changing  §  2.  to  §-3. — j  S.  io  §  4.-^S  4.  to  .;i  5. — 3  5!  to  §.6. — j  G  to 
•ST-.andpTtof  8.  .-'.'''        r 

By  striking  out  the  words  "  Assistant  Bishop  or  Missionary  Bishop"*in 
first  line  of  §'8,and  substituting  th'erefor  the  words  *,' exercising  jurisdio- 
tion."  >  ■■'.*••  * 


ITOUSE  ^F  DEPIjTIES. 


ting  .•ifter  tlie  words  "aiiiionnf^ed  hy  him,"  iu*t|l»'9tlv-^c 
9.*— "or,  if  til 0  Missionary  liishop  hd  elected  Diode^n,  vi^liiii 
three'  inontlis  preoedinu-  thd  meeting  of  the  General  Counoil 
witirtRe  cousent  oi'  thr.viourths  gf  both  orders  present  in  tJie  lIou8t»  of 
Deputies,  and  of  three- iQurths  of  tb'a  Dir.bops  p^esept  iii- tiie  House  of 
lUsliops.  '      .      ,      ■      _  •• »    # 

By  chaii<?ing  3  9.  to?  10.  '_'  '         .   .  *      ^    ^     - 

V>y  in'^ertiniT  the  words  "He  .shall  be  entitled  to  a  sea%  JjQt  not  a  vote 
ill  the  House  of  Bishop-;  ■'  in  the  otU 'liner  of.  [3.]  §10.  •  " 

P>y  changinfi' §  10  to  *  11.  '    .  ♦   *     , 

The  House  of  Bishops  has  passed  the  foUo'w^k^  Resolution. 

Resolced,  That  Cantm  III.  (ot*  Title  \\.\  as  anidndpd,  he  adoptej. 
^  MESSAGE  Qr'xnE  iidrsE  OK  Eisnox'3  x6.  26.  ■  • 

The,  Hovfteof  Bi5hop3  informa^tUa  House  of  Ceputifes^'^hat  ii*Tias 
passed  the  following  Ro6olat\on.  _^      .*  .•  '•'••.•»     *    »  ' 

RemUcd,  Tiiut  this  Honf>e  concurs  iu  ,  tlWs  itraendment  of  ,Artitle  V.  of  ' 
the  ConstitntioTi,  as  cnnyeyrd  in  3dfe^lsge  No.  29  ot  tlie  HoiHa  of  DeprJ* 
nties!      *  '.•'/,  .  '•     ' 

MF.SSArxS'.aF  JTIIE  UOU3JJ  oi!- liiapops  >ro'27.'       •   .     '      '*..  ^  '    ' 

The  Hoiiso-  of  Bishops" 'infoAns  the  Hon -ie  of  D^uties,;t6a*  it  ba/ 
pris.;Vd  the  followingll^-^olutiou  :  '  ■        •  .  '.■ 

Resokcd,  That  Canon  V;  (of  Title  UL)  entitled  '*  Of  ih»  ahcmdofime-nt  ' 
o/t/ig  Commv.nionof  ihh  Church  hy  a  Presbyter  ov  Deacon^V  as  conveyed 
to  this  Hgu'^e   in   Message  oSTo.   30  from  the  House   of  Dcpnties^   he 
adopted.      ,*  ^    •      '    '  •'         .  ' 

',       '   'tlES^AG:^  OV   THi:  HOUSE  0B'-:^ia^.QP3  xo.  28.  ^  %•• 

'  H^r^  Tlonso  of  Bishops  iufoi;iv3  the  Hoitsbof  De^ut^jlil  tliat  it  \\Zk^  pijssed' 
tlie  followiiia;  rorolutioji.     ■      •   .  *i  «  .     ^-      •  ^  • 

Renolced,  That  Canon  VT.  (of  Tiflo  III. >  entitled  "  Of  a  Olergyman  a%- 
y^t'nt i'n</.  him seff  from  his  I)ioce.9e,''  as  conveyed  to  this  Honse  in  Mes^ag<j 
^o.  .31  fro^  the  House  (^'  Deputies,  bt>  adopted,  \ 

«    ;,  MESSAOE   OF   THE   ^OBSK   OV.   KISnoi'S  ITO.  29. 

The  Hoii.se  of  Bishops  iuforias -Ijlie  ".House,  of  Deputies,  tlfat  i^has 
p.i  rrCnl  the  ■foUowiric;  rG;?(>lution ;      '•      .      *  '  .        •■        •    '  » 


and  insertion  "entitled   to  seats   in   the  Hoi^e  of 'Bislibps  "   aftfip  tfie,' 
nord  ^sltichops.".in  the'adline.  '*  '       •-  *• 

•  *,  -ME33AGE.OF  THE  uor'^E  or  ^i».novs  .vo.  SO.       •      '•  .  . 

flie  House  of  itishaps  ijitoruia  thtj  Hou?e  (*f  Deputies,,  .tj'at "it  Kas 
pas*ed  file  following  Iio><^Intioii.  i  »  ■*'    •      *  >*■  ^  * 

•  i?f/»tf^:<iA  That  Csnon  VJI).  (of  Title  IIT.)  as  c«nvey^d-to  thi?  Horive  in 
IVTes^e  Np.  33  from  ihf  Hou-vo  of  Deputies  h^  adopted. 

•         •         .        MESSAGE  OF  XnE  HOPCB.  OF  nisHOPa  N*0.  81.. 

.The  lIou«-.o  of  BishoiSs*  informs  the'  HotiSe  of  Deputies  that'  it  ha» 
amended  Canon  JX  (of  Tftle'III.)  as  follows  :  • 


11:2      •         JnUIlN^AL  OF  TTIE  GEXERATaCOFN'CIL.        [9th  Day, 

.   lly  ijiscvting  the  N^ord^.-  "degraded  ov  deposed"  in  tlie4th  line  of  |2]  ;i  H, 
hefoVe  the  word  "Minister,"  and  als*^  the  tbllowint,'  -words  after  the. word 
'•helon,L^>»"  in  the  Oth    hue    "  ui  wliicli  uoiice  it  shall  he  stated  whcfher 
or  110    tho  deiiTRdation   or   dcpor^ition  l>e  lor  causes  artectirig  hi:-*  jnorji-l 
fharaoter,'"  and  strlkinsj  <iiit  tiic  same  at  the  elosc  of  the  paraprajdi. 
The  House  of  Bisho))-*  ha*  iias-^ecrtiio  following  resolutioji :     , 
Eenoheif.  That  Canon  IX.  (of  Title   III)  as  conveyed  to   this  ITbnsi  in 
Mesi^a'^^'e  No.  3-1  from  tJie  Mouse  of  Deimties  be  a<kii)ted  as  aniendi^d.         , 

MESSAGE  OF  THK  ITOFSK  OF  BISTIOI'**  XO.  fJS. 

The  Ilonse  of  Disliop'^-inforniii  tlie  IIquso  o»f  Deputie'^,  lliat  ir  ii;(s 
adopted  Canon  X.  and  Canon  XT,  (of  Title  HI.)  as  convoyed  to  tliis 
IJon«e  in  Messau'e  No.  35  and  HG,  from  the  House  of  IJe^Jntii'S.  ■       • 

MESSAGE  OF  TIJE'^nOlfSE  OP  ^ISiioPS  N^Tdu. 

The  House  of  Bishops Ih-forin?  theTIouse  I'jfPepnties  tliat  it  lu.s  •ido].t(  d 
the  foUowiiig  resolution : 

Jiesolced,  That  this  Hour-ie  oonenrs  in  the  amendment  to  ,>J  4.  of  (,!;inoii 
T.  (Title  HI.  I  a-i  eonveyed  iu  Message  Xo.  UT  from  thoJIonst*  of  Depntie;;, 

MESSAGE  OF  TjAe  IIOrSE.  OF'^!rSlfb^8  St>.  p,\.. 

•  Tlie  lIoiHe  of  Bishops  informsth{'.  House  of  Depiities  1hat  it  has  iidi.ii>i  id 
I'lie  following  resolution : 

HewhrJ,  That  Canon  J.  (nf  Title  IV.;  as  conveyed  lo  tliis  House  in 
Message  No.  42  from  the  House  of  Deputies  be  adopted  with  the  follow- 
ing!; amendment :  ~ 

By  the  insertion  of  thi*  word  "ne^'t"  Lefoi'e  th<j  woril^  '-(Jeheral  Council '" 
in  the  .'Id  line  of  [2j  g  1.  •    .     t  .  *       '  s 

MESSAGE  OF  THE  HOrSE  OF   UlsnOPS  XO.  r,.j.      ^   •• 

The  House  of  Bishops  ]nform«?the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  lias.adoj.ted 
Canon  II.  and  CanuH  III.  (of  Title  IV.)  as  conveyed  to  this  House  in  Mes- 
sages Nos,  4!^  andHi. of  the  House"  of  Deputies.    *        "t* 

.     '  '  •     .  ,  '  '     ' 

.  ■     ,     •  MESSAGE  OF  TUE  IIOr.SB,OF  BISHOPS  XO. '^0. 

The  Honse  of  Bishops  informs  the  IToiis'Rvf  .Deputies  that  it  ha-  pas-,i_d 
the  follow ing  resolution  :.  *'•..■ 

Eefioheil,  That  this  House  ooncur.*  iii.the  Resolution  of  the  House  of 
Deputies-  prellsing  tho  words  "  Title  IV.  of*the  Organized  Bodies  and 
Othcerr,  of  the  Clmreh,"'  to  Canons  I,  JI.  III.  as  adopted  hy  this  ilowse. 

MES3A«iE  OF -THE  IIOl'SE  OF  r.ISH<JP3  N^.  87. 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  adopted 
Canon  I.  and  Canon  IT.  (of  Title  Y.)  as  conveyed  to  this  House^in  Me-i- 
«!a,ges,Nos.  46'and47  from  the  House  of  Deputies. 

•  •        'message  of  the  iiorsE  or  8,isiror.s  ko.  C8. 

'flie'House  of  Bshops  iuforius  the  House' of  Deputies  that  it  has  passod 
the  following  i-esolntiou  :  ♦  •  '       ^ 

Besohed,  that  this  House  conenr?i  in  prefi-King  the  words  ""ffitle  V. 
Miscellaneons  Provi.Hifms,"  toC.ammsI.  and  II.  as  adopted  hy  this  Hqn.se. 

MESSAGE  OF  THE   HOFSE  OF  DISEOPS  XO.  .^9. 

The  House  of  Biahopis  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  n6mi- 
,  nated  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Harison  of  the  Diocese  of  Georgia  for  the   othce  of 
"  Resristrar  of  the  Gteueral  Council." 


VCJE  OF  Tfl^feoXJSE  OF  BISHOtS  NO.  40. 

'^Tlic  Eouse  of  Bi ship's  inforfflr  the  tfpnse  of  Peputies  that  it  has  passed 


t]ie  followiiifr  resoUitioiy 

utics,  tli^at  Meseago  No.  20  p6  the  IIouso  of  Bishop?  ;  tegethev  with  the 


Ecsolved,  Thtit  thii»EK)U£^  acoeJos  to  the  request-of  tHe  House  of  Dt^p- 


eport  and  KesolutioiiJ^  of  f^e  Committee'  of  the  House  of  Deputies    on 
le  Bible  and  J^ray^r  iJook,    be  referred  to  a  Joint  Committee  of  bolli 


I 

Houses.     »   *  J       ^  •       • 

And  l^as  appointed  Bishops  Johns,  Atkifison  and  Davis  as  said  Com-' 
mittee  on  the  pai't  of  this  Hou^e.  ^ 

On  motioii'of  tlio  R6v.  Miv  Kortoij, 

Jxcsclted,  TJi'attjio  thanks  of  the.  House  of  Deputies  arc  hereby  ten- 
dered t«j  the'Rectors  and  Gnnc:regatii>iis  o^the  C^hurches  in  Augusta  au>l 
theoilizens  of  the  same  and  of  its  ricinity  for  their  generoqs  hospitality^ 

Mr.  McGrady  aslv«d  leave  for  the  members  of  the  Joiitf 
Committee  on  th6  Frayer  Book  to  retire.-     Granted.^  '  '  '. 

Oii.tiiotiou  of  Mr.  BatiT'6the  House  voted,  tg  go  in"t6  iajt    . 
election  of  Xreasnrer^of -the   Gejieral  Council ;  whereupon. 
.Mr.,J»  K.  Sass  wns  unanimously  elected  to  said  office,  and 
.his  name  ♦was-  sent  to  tlic  BLouse  Of  .Bishops  for  A\s  .cQniir- 

mation...  •       ^         •  £;   ' .  ■         Jfv  ■       '  '*•        ->     ♦    jl 

.On  motioii  of 'tfte  ttev',  Mr.  Mitchell  the  Ttouse'-nnaiii- 
niouslj^  concurred  in,  the  adoption  of  the  followino;-  resolu- 
tion as  conveyed  to  it  in  Message  No.  22  of  the  Hoiise''of 
IJishops,  to-wrt:  *"..'''  "V 

Rirsoivc'l,  The  House"of  Deputies  concurring,  that  tlie  txeneral  Co.uncil 
i-atiiies  atid  ooniirms  tlj;0  election  of  the  JiighliRev.  niinry.O.  Li/,  D.I)'.,  to  • 
lie  Bishop  of  tliQ  DiocGse  ot'  Ai-kansas.  ■'^      '     '  '     '  .\     •    ." 

Ou  motion,  the  Hoiise   conourred  in  "fehe  amendmenAs^to 
Canoji  III.  Title  II.  as  conveyed  to  this  House  in. Message • 
Xo.  25  of  .the  Honse  of  Biv^hops.  .   -^  _.'■,    '  ' '• 

On  motion,  tlie  House  concurred  in  the  aimendnieuts  to 

.  Canon  IX.  Title  III.  as  conveyed' ik)  it  .in-M'essag/eiN'o.  Si*  • 

of  the  House  of  Bishops.      '     '       ■  ■    .     '  "       •'."'' 

On  motion,  the  House  concurred,  in  the  amendment  to 
Canon  I.  Title  IV.  as  conveyed  to  it  iiC  Message  No.,  34  of 
the  House  of  Bishops.  "  '      ■  ;...'' 

On  motion  the  House  ooncurred  in  the  amendment  t6 
Canon  VII,  Title  IH  as  coiweyed,  tQ  it  in  Message  No;. 29  of 
the  House  efBishopsi; ■■       .•      y.'.*"   \    sV'"  >  .' ^  c--  •*• 

Tha  House   unanimoiisly  'elc'cted  the   nominee  of  the 
House  of  Bisliops,  to-wit:  The  Ilev.  W.  H.  Harison  of  the" 
Dioeese  of  Ge.oi'gia,  to  the  office   Of  Registrar  of  the-^Gcn-* 
eral  Council.  •    ."     •  ;     ■  .    •  •  *    , 

The  Comtnittee  of  Coufereuce  on  the  part.of  thi-s  HouaSy 
on  Canon  t.  Title  II.  reported,  through  its  Cliairnian',.  thaV. 
said  Committee  could  not  agree.  '  .  '    ♦    ; 

.8    ■  •  .      '  .   • 


Mr.  Sass  asked  leave  of  abseDc^J^b6lia?f  of  Mr.  McCrady 
after  to-day.  .  .      .™         ■  ^  «i 

On  motion  said  request  was  referred  to  tlie  Coijimittee 
on' Elections."  ^  , 

The  Committee  on  elections  reported  in  favor  of  granting 
the  request     Granted.  • 

The  House  resumed  the  consideration  of  the  Report  of 
*the  Committee  on  Missions. 

On  motion,  leave  was  granted  to  said  Committee  to  with- 
draw its  Report. 

The 'Cominittee  on  Missions  then  presen1;ed   the  foUqw- 

iiig:  .  '       '  ' 

REPORT  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  ilSSIONS. 

The  Committee  on  Missions,  after  mature  deliberation  on  tlie  very 
important  sxibject  Avhicli  lias  been  committed  to  them,  find  it  ditii- 
ciilt  to  rqcomiiftnd  any  plan,  which  is  not,  in  some  respects,  open'  to  ob- 
jection. It  is,  however,  their  deliberate  opiiiion,  that  the  direct  control 
of  the  Missionary  work  of  tJie  Church,  must  be  left  to  the  Bishop  and 
Diocesan  Council  in  each  Diocese,  and  to  the  Missionary  Bjshop  alone,. 

'  where  there  is  no  organized  Diocese.  It  is  only  necessary,  therefore,  to 
provide  a  channel,  through  which  the  voluntary  offerings  of  the  Church 
throughout  our  borders,  may.  receive  such  direction  and  distribution,  as 
will  best  tend  to  the  extension  of  the  Redeemer's  Kingdom. 

In  accordance  with  these  views  the  committee  respectfully,  recommend 
to  the  House  of  Deputies  for  its  acceptance,  the  following  resolutions: 
Besohed,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring— 

1.  "That  a  Committee  of  three  Bishops,  chosen  by  the  House  of  Bish-- 
ops,  shall  so  far  control  the  general  missionary  work  of  the  Church,  as  to 
arrange  Missionary  Districts  in  States  or  Territories  not  organized  into 
Dioceses,  arrange  the  boundaries  of  their  jurisdictions,  and  provide  regu- 
lations and  instructions  for  their  guidance;  it  being  understood,  that  each 
Missionary   Bishop- shall  have,  as  far  as  may  be   consistent  with    the 

■foregoing  provisions,  the  direction  of  all  Missionary  operations  within 
his  own  Diocese  or  District,  a^d  in  every  case  the   appointment  of  the 

.'Missionaries  under  him.  • 

.  2.  That  tlie  said  Committee  shall  'fix  the  ratio  of  distribution  among 
the  Dioceses  and  Districts  which  are  to  be  provided  for,  and  the  salaries 
of  the  Missionaries  r  protided,  however^  that  all  special  contributions  shall 

.  be  received  and  disbursed' by  the  Treasurers  of  the  Missionary  funds,  ac- 
cording to  the  will  of  the  donors. 

3.  That  the  Committee  proposed  in  the  first  of  these  resolutions,  is  ex- 
pected-to  encourage  the  prosecution  of  Foreign.  Missions,  so- far  as  it  may 
be  able ;  but,  until  communications  are  opened,  and  satisfactory  relations 
arc  established  with  Bishops  and  other  Missionaries  in  foreign  countries, 
all  monies  which  have  been,  or  may  be  hereafter,  contributed  Tor  this 
object,  shall  be  securely  invested. 
4.  That  in  order  to  provide  a  general  Missionary  Fund,  the  General  Coun- 
cil earnestly  advise  all  Clergymen  of  the  Ch,urcli  having  charge  ofCongre- 

■   gations  and  Missions,  to  adopt  some  system  of  monthly, offerings,  to  be 
received  during  public  worship,  and  they  further  advise  all  members  of  ' 
the  Church,  who-  may  be  precluded  by  circumstances  from  going  fre- 


quently  to-  the  Ilonse  pf  God,  to  set, apart  something  every  month  in 
place  of  such  ofleriiigs,  and  that,  of  the  whole  amount  thus  obtained,  at 
least  one  fourth  be  j)laced  at  the  disposal  of  the  said  Committee. 

0,  ThattJje  House  of  Bisliops  shall  appoint  one  or  more  Trcasui'ors  to 
receive  and  distribute  the  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fund :  the  said   Ti'ejJ'-* 
■  surers  to  cause  to  be. published,  frofc  time  to  time,  all  missionary  receipts 
dnd  expenditures,  and  to  make  an  annual  report  to  said  C'ommittee,  who 
sliall  report  triennially  to  the  General  Council. 

6.  That  each  Bisliop,  for  whose  Diocese  or  District  Missionary  appro- 
priations may  be  made,  shall  rei)ort  annually  to  said  Committee,  and  tri- 
ennially to  the  ETousQ  of  Bishops. 

7.  That  the  reports  of  the  receiving  agents  for  Foreign  and  Domestic 
Missions  roierred  to. this  Comniittge,  be  published  with  the  Journal  of 
this  House.    •  ^i'- 

Ou  moiion  of  the  Tlcv.  Mr.  Clarke,  the  1st 'resolution 
oontaiiied  in  said  Report  Avas  adopted. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  DeRossct,  in  the  second  Resohition,. 
the  words,  "  subject  to  the  control  of  the  General  Council," 

•  were  stricken  out. 

On  motion  of  the  same  the  2d  Resolution  thus  amended 
was  adopted. 

Oumotiou  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Clarke  the  3d  Resolution  was 
•adopted.  ,  .  . 

■On  tnotion  bf  the  same  the  4th  Resolution  was  adopted. 

On  motion  of  the  same  the  5th  Resolution  was  adopted. 
.    On  motion  of  the  same  the  6th  Resolution  was  adopted. 

On  motion  of  the  same  the  7th  Resolution  was  adopted. 

Oh  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wagner  the  Report  of  tlie 
Committee  was  adopted. 

Ordered,  That  the  Secretary  convey  the  Resolutions  con- 
tained in  said  Report,  as  amended  by  this  House,  to  the 
House  of  Bishops, 

On  motion  of  Mr.  DeRosset, 

EesolTcd,  That  the  Committee  on  Expenses  be  instructed  to  inquire  into 
tho  expediency  of  providing  from  the  funds  of  the  General  Council  ti)r 
l)ayiug  the  necessary  travelling  expenses  of  the  Cleriojil  Deputies  in 'at- 
tending the  future  meetings  of  the  General  Council,  and  to  report  by  res- 
olution or  otherwise. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Jones  the  House  too]v:  a.recees  till  7 
o-,clock,P!  M.  .f-^^-.'''.'  •   ' 

EVENING    SESSION. 

On  motioai  of  the  Ifev.  Mr.  Trapier, 

Resohcd,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  that  Canon  XL  Title  Jlf. 
'■■'■  Refjulatiom  Itespccting  the  Laity  ^^  be  amended  by  adding  thereto  the 

•  following  section:   '  * 

§  J.  Persons  desiring  to  act  habitually  as  Lay  Renders  may  do  so  with 
't]^Q  consent  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the  Diocese  in  which  Ihey 
ar^thus  to  road. 


Mr.  McCrady,  on  behalf  of  the.  joint  Committee  on  the 
Prayer  Book,  made  the  following' 

••       ■  '  •  KEPOPvf.  "      ■ 

llie  Coiumittee  of  this  House,  comprising  part  of  the  Joint  Coyi- 
mittee  of  tlie  two  Houses  to  which  were  referred  the  Message  No, 
20  from  the  House  of  Bishops,  and  the  Report  of  the  Committee  .of  this 
House  upon  the  Bible  and  Prayer  Book,  respectfully  report — 

That  the  Joint  Committee  have  met,  and,  after  much  discussion,  have 
agreed  to  the  following  Joint  Resolutions  in  the  place  of  both  the  Mes- 
sage and  Report  referred  to  them :  .'  _  . 

1.  Besolvedk  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  That  the  Book  of 
Common  ^!0§k'-'  and   Administration   of    the  Sacraments    and  other 

■Rites  and  Geremouies  heretofore  used  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  United  States,  (the  words  "United  States"  being  changed 
into  "Confederate  States"  and  "Convention,"  into  "Council"  wher- 
ever they  occur  in  tlie  Liturgical  Services,)  he  established  as  tlie 
Book  of  Common  Prayer  and  Administration  of  the  Sacraments  and  other 
Rites  and  Ceremonies  of  this  Church,  Articles-  of  Religion,  and  Form  and 

,  Manner  of  making,  .ordaining  and  consecrating  Biskops,  R'iests  and  Dea- 
cons. 

2.  Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring.   That  to  the  said.  Book 
there  shall  he  jireflxed  a  Declaration  of  its  Ratification,  in  these  words  : 
"The  Ratification  of  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  by  the  Bishops,  the* 
"Clergy,  and  the  Laity  oi  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Con- 

"  federate  States  of  America,  in  Council,  this day  of  November,  in 

"  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

"This  Council,  having  in  its  ]>resent  session  set  forth  a  Book  of  Com-' 
"  mon  Prayer  and  Administration  of  the  Sacraments  and  other  Rites  and 
"  Ceremonies  of  the  Church,  do  hereby  establish  the  said  Book  :  And  they 
"declare  it  to  be  the  Liturgy  of  this  Church:  And  require  that  it-be 
''  received  and  used  as  such  by  all  the  members  of  this  Church. 

3.  Resihed,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  That  -  a  Committee  of 
three  Bishops,  three  Presbyters,  and  three  Laymen,  be  appointed,  w'ith 
instrnckions  to  jtrepare  during  the  interval  between  adjournment  of  this 
Council  and  the  meeting  of  the  jiext,  and  to  report  to  it  such  alterations 
in  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer  as  maybe  deemed  proper:  Provided 
such  alterations  involve  np  change  in  the  Doqtrine  or  Discipline  of  this 
Church.  i/ 

A.  Resolved,  The  House  of  Bisliops  concurring,  Thatthe  same  Com- 
mittee be  authorized  to  publish  an  edition  of  said  Book  for  the  present 
use  of  the  Church,  And  also,  in  order  to  supply  in  part  the  urgent  need 
of  Copies  of.  the  Prayer  Book,  for  bur  soldiers  and  sailors,  a  selection  of 
such  portions  thereof  as  are  used  in  public  w^orship.  .  [     ■   . 

'S.  Resolved,  The  Hotise  of  Bishops  concui-ring.  That  while  this  Gen- 
eral Council  recognizes  its  duty  to  put  forth  a  standard  edition  of  thf 
Holy  Scriptures,  yet,  in  its  judgment,  the  prese#t  condition  of  the  conntry 
m?kes  it  expedient  to  postpone  the  execution  thereof. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Pierce,  the  1st  Resolution  con-^ 
tained  in  said  Report  was  adopted.  "  >      ' 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Trapier,  the  2d  Resolution  was  • 
adopted.  ■  •  •       -     '  .  ' 

On  motion  of  the  same  the  3d  Resolution  was  adopted. 


•  • 


l"8'62:i      '■  HOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.  '■  117 

.   On  motion  of  the  sajne  the  4th  Resolution  was  adopted. 

Gn  motion  of  the  Same  the  5th  Resolution  was  adopted. 

The  House  elected,  as  the  Committee  on  the  Praj-cr  Book 
on  the  part  of  this  House,  provided  for  in  the  third  of  the 
said  Resolutions,  the  Rev.  Messrs.  Sparrow,  jSIason,  and 
Trapier,  and.Mcssr3.  McCrady,  Phelan  and  Battle. 
•  Ordered,  That  the  Secretary  inform  the  House  of  Bish- 
ops of  the  action  of  this  House  upon  the  Report  of  the 
Joint  Committed  on  the  Prayer  Boolv. 
.  On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Peterkin, 

-  Jicsolr ed,  Th&t  tlic  thanks  of  this  House  he'  presented ctoonr  President 
for  the  courtesy  and  impartiality  -with  which  Jie.  has  presided  over  our 
deliberations.' 

AVliereupon  tlie  President  ruade  the  following  remarks  : 
I  thank  you,  Brethren,  for  your  good  opinion  emhodied 
in -the  resolution  just  passed.  It  should  be,  and,  I  doubt 
not,  it  is,  a  matter  of  great  thankfulness  to  every  one  of  us, 
that  we  have  been  enabled  thus  far  to  bring  our  proceedings 
to  so  liappy  a  concli^sion,  to  conduct  them  in  so  much  har- 
mou}'  and  love  ;  and  to  complete  the  great  and  good  work, 
for  which  we  assembled  in  this  place. 

'.  Cod  grant,  that  wc  may  now  be  permitted  to  return  to 
our  respective  homes,  and  there,  wh§n  the  day  arrives,  now 
Hear  at  hand,  on  which  we  celebrate  the  nativity  of  our 
ble.^.scd  ]jOi'd,  to  realize  in  our  natiou,  our  domestic  circles, 
aiid  our  own  bosoms,  the  glad  tidings  proclaimed  by  the 
"Angels  from  heaven  on  that  cve^t:  ''Peace  on  earth,  and 
good  will  towards  men."  '   '     .'*  • 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.   Dr.  Peterkin, 

LVsoIcol:^  That  the  tlianks  of  this  House  hejiresented  to  the  t^ecretary 
»  and  Assistant  Secretary,  for  the  efficient  manner  in  which  they  have  \)Qr- 
foriucd  thfir  duties.  . 

.  On  motion,  of  Mr.  Phelan, 

.  JicsolreJ,  That  in  case  of  a  vacancy  occurring  in  the  Joint  Cornmiflee 
on  the  Prayer  Be  ok.  on  the  part-  of  this  House,  the  remaining  Prcshy  tors 
and  Laymen  on  said  Committee  shall  have  power  to  fill  said  vacancy. 

On. motion  of  the  Rev.  ISXr.  Mitchell, 

.  JResolvcd,  The  House  .of  -Bishops  concurring,  that  a  sufficient 
•  number  of  copies  of  the  Journals  of  this  Council,,  together  with 
ttie  Constitirtion,  and  a  Digest  of  the  Canons,  of  this  Church-, 
h&^  publii^ied  under  the  directibn  of  •  the  Secretaries  of  the  two 
Houses,  ia  furnish  live  copies  to'  each  Bishop,  and  two  to  each  Clergy- 
man in  the  Confedorate  States;  two  copies  to  eacdi  Clerical  and  to  each  Lay 
Deputy  to  this  Council;  one  copy  to  the  Secretary  of  each  Diocesan 
Council ;  HTTd  one  to  the  Standing.  CQumiittce  of  each  Diocese  "of  this 
ChuiTh,  and  to  reserve  200  copies  for  the  future  use  of  the  General  Conn- 


118      •     JOURN"AL  OF  THE  GE^^eraL  COUNCIL.  [9th  Dny. 

ell ;  and  that  the  Treasurers  of  the  several  Dioceses  be  requested  to  for- 
ward at  once  to  thp  Treasurer  of  the  General  Council  the  amounts  re- 
quired of  said  Dioceses  respectively  by  Canons  I.  Title  IV.  in  ■  order  to 
defray  the  contingent  expenses  of  the  General  .Council.        ■    . 

^,  Ordered,  That  the  Secretary  convey  said  resolution  to  the 
House  of  Bishops.  .  • 

On  motion,  the  House,  after  prayers   by  the'  President, 
adjourned  till  to-morrow. 


,  TENTH  DAY'S  SESSION. 

Augusta,  :N'ov.  22,  1862. 

•  The-House  met  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

Morning  Prayer  Avas  read  by  the  Rev.  Ha^nson  and  the 
*Rev.  Mr.  llees. 

The  minutes  of  yesterday's  proceedings  were  read  and 
confirmed. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Phelan, 

liesolved^  Thiit  a  Committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  make  arrange- 
ments for  the  reception  of  the  House  of  Bishops  when  the  two  Houses 
assemble  in  Convention  to  hear  the  Pastoral  Letter  and  to  unite  intho 
ciosing  services. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  ^Ir.  Norton, 

■  Be.solred^  That  the  Secretary  of  this  House  be  authorized  to  draw  on 
the  Treasurer  for  the  incidental  expenses  of  this  Session  of  the  Genopfll 
Council.  -,Si^ 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  "Williams, 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  that  the  Committee  on  the 
Revision  of  the  Prayer  Beok  be  directed  to  have  printed,  three   months 
before  the  meeting  of  the  next  General  Council,  any  alterations  they  may 
propose,  and  to  send  a  copy  of  such  proposed  alterations,  to  each  Bishop  . 
of  this  Church  and  to  each  Deputy  to  the  next  General  Councii. 

Ordered,  That  the  Secretary  convey  said  Resolution  to  the 
House  of  Bishops. 

The  Committee  on  Expenses  made  the  following  Report: 
The  Committee  on  Expenses  to  whom   was  referred  the  Resolution  rel- 
ative to  defraying  the  Expenses  of  the  Clerical  Deputies  to  the  General 
Council,  respectfully  report,  that  in  their  opinion  it  is  inexpedient  to  take 
any  otlier  action  in  the  premises,  than  to  recommend  earnestly  to  the  sfev- 
.eralDiocesan  Councils,  that  they  provide  a  fund  for  this  purpose.    - 

The  following  Messages  were  received  from  the  House 
of  Bishops  :  '  . 

•      MESSAGE  OF  THE  nOUSE  OF  BISHOPS   XO.  4]. 

'  The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  concurs 
in  the  Resolution  of  the  House  of  Deputies,  th^t  tills .  General  Cojuncil 
do  adjouyp  on  Saturday/ the  22d  inst.      .  * 

•  •  •  .  f 


1862.]     .  ^^^jBOUSE.OF  deputies: 


119 


MES3AC4E    OF  THE  HOUSE  OF  BISHOPS  ^p.  42. 


The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies,  that  it  has  con- 
firmed the  election  of  Mr.  J.  K.  Sass,  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  to  the  office  of 
.   Treasurer  of  the  General  Council. '  ,  '  _ 

.    >  MESSAGE  OF  THE  HorSS  OF   mSHOI'S  XO-  43*.  '^ 

The  Hbuse  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies,  that  it  has  i)assed         * 
the  following  Resolution  :.  •  -  •*    ,  . 

IiWolved,  Thi^t  this  House  concurs  in  prefixing  the  following  Vbrds 
!'  \'^i^^,I,^-//™^^'^l  Regulations  of .  Minister's  and  their  Duties,"  to  Canons 
i.  11.  in.  IV.  V.  VI.  VII.  nndVIII,  as  adopted  by  this  House. 

MESSAGE  CJF  fjIK  HOUSE   OF  BISHOPS  XO.'44. 

«  The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  Housd  of  Deputies,  that  it  tas  passed 
the  following  Resolution  :  •    '. 

I^esoIreJ,  That  this  House  concurs  in  prefixing  the  words  "Title  ill    '     ' 
Ot  Discipline,"  to  Canons  I.  II.  III.  IV.  V.  YI.  VII.  Till.  IX  X  XI  as  « 

adopted  by  this  llouse.  ••  •  -  ^.  -    . 

^  The   Committee  to  make   a rran elements  to   receive  the 
tlpiise  of  Bishops  made  the  following  Report : 
_  Thx}._Committee  appointd  to  make  suitable  arrani^ements  for  the  recep- 
■  tion  ot  the  House  of  Bishops  respectfully  recommend  that  the  following        ^* 
prder  be  obsarved :  -  ■         .  •   « 

The  House  of  iiishops  will  enter  by  the  front  door  of  the  Church  and 
wh^n  half  way  down  the  aisle,  their  Secretary,  who  will  precede  them 
.thai  tar,  will  announce  in  an  .audible  voice —  .  .  . 

.|        "  THE.  HOTSr.    OF.  BISHOPS."'  • 

At    tliis   announcement  the  House  of  Deputies   will  rise  and  remain' 
.  st.Tndiug  until  the  Bishops  are  seated.  .         '  '       . 

.      Two  chairs,  shall  be  placed  in  the  front  part  of  the  Chancel.'    When  the 
•  Bishops  enter,  the  President  of  tlje  House  of  Deputies  shall  rise  and  oiler 
his  chair,  on  tlie   right  of  the  Altar,    to  the  Presiding  Bishop,  who  shall 
take  the  same,  and  the  President  sliall  then  take  the  scat  on  the  left 

i^e  remainuig  Bishops  shall  take  seats  according  to  seniority,  on' the 
nght  and  left  of  the  Altar,  in  tlie  following  order:  the    tir.st  on   the  cx^  *       ' 
trome  right,  the  next  on  the  extreme  left,  and  so  on  alternately.      •  ^ 

(^'S^^^):  J.  D.  PUELAN,  Chairman.-      '. 

On  motion  the  Report  ^vas  adopted:  i,  •  •'• 

^  MESSAGE  OF  THE  HOUSE  OF  BISUOJ'S  NO.  45. 

The'Hosse  of  [Bishops  informs i he  House  of  Deputies,  that  it  concurs 

MVin'T'^T'-l^^fr'^  ^'-.V'^'  ni.  as  conv4yodt6  this  House  in 

Message  ^o.  o2  ol  tlie  House  of  Deputies. 

.         \  ■  M^aeAGE  OF  THE  nors^ot-  «i3noi.;&  xo.  4G. 
Tl:.-'  Ho^sc  oj  Bishoj.s  informs  the  Honse  of  Deimties,  that  it  has  con- 
curred in  Ihe  Resolutions  on  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  as  ooaveyed 
to  tfiis  House  in  Message  No.  53  of  tho  Hou.sc  of  .Deputies,  and  has  ap-      ' 
pmnte.l  BishopsElkott,  CrcQiuana  Lay,  a^  the  Committee  on  the  part  of 
tnis  ilou.se.  •        .  .*  ,•  • 

*    •  • 


•     •     .  •     ^ 


/ 


i'2n       "joxm^AL  OF  THE  ge¥e"p:ax  c'ouitcil.    '  froth  Day: 

.     MESSAGE    OF  TliE  HOUSE  OF  BISHOPS  XO.  47.  , 

'Iil;e  House  of  Bishops   informs   the   House  of  Deputies,  that  it   has 
passed  the  following  Resolution :         '      •  •  '  '    '       , 

Resolved.,  The  House  of  'Deputies  concurring,  'th^it  whenever  the  Dio- 
ceses of  Tennessee,  Louisiana  and  Florida,  or  any  of  them,  shall  by  their- 
Conventions  adopt  the  Constitution  and  accede  to  the  Canons  Mpf  this 

•  .  Church;  and  furnish  satisfactory  evidence  thereof  to  the  Senior  Bishop, 

the  said  Senior  Bishop  shall  give  public  notice. of  the  fact,  ancT  'shalJ  de- 

•  •  cree  said  Diqpese,  or  Dioceses,  to  be  in  union  with  this  General  Council. 

,0n  motion  of  the  Rev.- Mr.  Williams  the  House  concnrred 
jn  the  adoption  of  the  Kesoliition  contained  in  Message  Iso. 
"    47  of  the  House  of  Bishops.  ■ 

On  motion  of  Mr.  DeRosset  the  House  unanimoti^y.' 
,      Resolved^  That  the  Secretary  of^this  House  be  requested  to  send  a  co|ly 

•  of  the  Jotirnal  of  this  Cauucil  when  published,  to  each'Weinber  of  the 
*-Vefetry  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Aususta,  Ga.,  in  token  of  the   appreciation 

by  this  House  of  their  kindness  in  providing  for  it,s.  comfort  and,  accom- 
nioda^tidn  wjiile  engaged  in  the  duties  of  this  Council.;        '  -    • 

The  following  Messages   wqre  received' Ireni  the  House 
of  Bishops:  ■        '  ^  '    •  '• 

XMESSAGE  OF  THE  HQUSE  Ot  BISHOPS'NO.  48. 

••,  .      The  House 'of  Bishops  inforihs  the  House  of.Cepnties,  that  it  has.pa§sed' 

*•  the  following  Resolution  :  •"'•   »   \  * '^  ., 

^Rcsohed,  The  House  of  Deputies   concui-ri'tig,  that  aii  edition'^onsist- 

ing  of  'live  hundred  copies,    of  the  Canons  passed  at  the  ])re?ent  sesaipn 

of  the  General'  Council,  be  published  immediately  nnder'tlie  direfetiofi  of 

the  Secretaries, ojf  the  two  Houses,',  and  distributed  by  themj  «. 

'    ■'*  •  MESSAGE   OF  THE   HOU-SB   OF   BISHOPS   XD.  .49.     •<"  '* 

,        The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies,  t!^^^  it  haf.p.'ieset^ 
tiie  following  Resolution:    '  ■■    ,  ._*■'..*'  * 

Tifsohed^  That  this  House  concurs  in,  the  Eesolutioil  on  Jbhe  pdlHitfation  * 

•  ■  'and  distribution  of  the  Journal,  Constitiltion  and  3f)igest  qf  Oanous  of  the- 

General  Council,   as  conveyed  to  this  Housein  Message  Ko,  ,5'4'froni  the 
Hpnse  of  Deputies.  '  '  ■  '  ■         "       '         °  ■        ■ 

■  MESSAGE  OP  THE  HOCSK  OP  BISHOPS   XO.   50. 

.The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  Hous6  of  Deputies,  that  this  House- 
^  ccfncurs  in  the  amendment  of  Canon  I.  Title  H.  as  conveyed  to  this  House 
in  Message  No.  19  from  the  House  of  Deputies. 

♦ 

.     »  MESSAGE  OF  TflEflOUSE  OF  BISHOPS  XO.  .01. 

The  Houfte  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of.  Deputies,  that  it  does-not^ 
,  concur  jn  the  adoption  of  the  Resol-utidjis   on  the  subject  of^the  Missioi^- 

•  *    j^ry  op^ratioi^s  of  the  Churcli,  as  conveyed  tp'this'H9u.si9  in  Message  No. 

55  from  the  House  of  Deputies.'. '     >'  "        _  *.,>,         » 

•  *     .    But  has  adopted  the  following  Resolutions  on  the  san>e  subject,  tp-wit : 

•  Resolved.,  The  House  of  Deputies  cgfncurring  :  ■   '     •  # 

] .  That  a  Committee  of  three  Bishops,  chosen  by  the  HoiisVy!'  Bi^h(j]??', 

shall  so  far  control  the  general  Missionary  work  of  the  Church.as  to  de- 

"      termine  'what  organized  Dioceses  are  proper  fields  for  *he  expe^dituiKe.  of 

Missionary-  funds  entrusted  to   this"  Committee,    16  arrange   Missionary 

•  Districts  in  States  or  Territories  not  or&amzfed  into  Dioceses,  and  i)rovide 

•  * 


> 


•• 


18627]       "  .    JIOUHK  Oh"  DEPUTIES. -^ '    •    m 

reo-nlations  and  instnictious  for  their  guidance;  it  being  wnderstood  that 
cacji  Bbhop  shall  have,  as   far  as  maybe  consistent  with  the  foKgfting 
provisions,  the   direction  «c>f  all  Missionary  oi)erations   within   liis'own 
Diopeso  or  District,  and  in  every  oasc^ the  appointment  of  the  Missionaries  • 
nnaer  him.    •  •        '     •  .     ' 

2.  That  the  said^Committ^e  shajl  fix  the  ratio  of  distribution  among  the 
Dioceses  and  Dish-fcts  which  are  to  be  provided  fcr,  and  the  salaries  'of 
the  Missionaries  in  Di*;tricts  where  there  is  no  ]5ishop:  provided,  however, 
tliat  all  special  contributions  shall  ho  received  and  disbursed  by  the  Trea- 
^urei-sof  the  Missionary  funds.  According  to  Uie.Avill  of  the  donors. 

:>., That  the  Committee  shall,  out   <^f  fund.9  not   speciiically   designa- 
ted hy  .the   •(Tonor.'*,     appropriate    to    the    BisKop  of  Texas^   until  the   . 
next  (icnioralCckincil.  tlie  sum  of  .$1,500  per  annum', -And  to  the  Bishop  of 
Arkansas  thesiim  of  ,$1^500  and  travelling  expenses,  per  annum,  towards 
their  resjjective  saUir5es. ', .    •     .''  .       , 

4.  lliftt'theConimijLt^e  proposed  in  th»  lirst  of  thes'e  resolutions,  is  ex-  • 
"  pecteil  to  eucourago  tlie  prosecution  of  Foreign  l^Lispions,  so  far  asit  may 

•  i)t^able;  but,  until  conimunicatiouParo  n])ened,  and  satisfactory  rclaticnis 
arc  estp.blished'^vil'h  Bish<)])s  and  other  Missionai^es  in  foreign  countries,  , 
all  iRoiiies  wiucli   liavc  l>eei-i,^or   md^'  1)e  hereafter,   contributed  forth  I| 
object. ''Shall  be  securely  invested.  ..     ■     ' 

5.  That  the  Ilouse  of  "Bishops  shall  appoint  one  or  more  Treasurers  to 
receive  and  tijsh-ibute  Ihe  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fund  ;  tJie  said  Treasu- 
rer<  tcxcause  to  b©  publiifliGd,   from  time  to  time,  all  Missionary  receijitfi 
aud  ex])er.dituras,  and  to  iii;iiJcc  an  annual  report  to  saifl  Oonimittee,  who  " 
siinill  r^port  trlenAi;iJly  to  the  General  Oouncil.  •.  ■     •  i 

(i.  That  each'B!sho]i,- for  whose  Diocese,  orDistriftf,  Missionary  appro- 
jjriations  may  be  made,  shall  report  annufflly  to  said  Committee,  and 
trieuTNally  to  the  flouse  of  Bishops. 

7.  That  the  j'eports  of  the  receivjuit  agents  for  Foreign  and  Domestic 
Mission*  refefl-ed 'to  t^ns-Conmiittee,  be  published  with  the  Journal  of  this 
tl louse.  ,  '  .   I  •-.,*•" 

,    .      ■       .        MESi^lOE  OF  Tiip  H(6rsi  OF  Bisnop*]sto.52.  ,    •    ■ 

The  llonso  (tf  Bisliopfe  iriforms  the  Douse  of  Deputies,  that  it  concurs 
in  the  Resolution  of  the  House  ot  J><jyultes  conveyed  to  thls-llouse  in 
Messa>^e*>N'o.  5(*of  the  Iloysc  of  Deputies.  '  ,       .  - 

♦  ^  •  •MESSAtJEO*' THE  HouSK  OF  msnors.;j«).'53. 

The  ^lotise  of  Bishopfl  infonns  ffce  ifouso  of  Deputies,  that  it  has  passed 
the  following  Kesolmion :        ■.        «    ■  '•    . 

KctipJreJ.lhQ  House  of  Deputies  conpurring.  that  the  Secretary  of  the 
House  of,Dnjjuties  be'authoi'ized  to  send  to  tlie  BisJiops  and  Secretaries 
of  the  r)ioc;'sesjpf  LouiiJiana,  Tennesscc^aiid  Floijida,  copies^  of  the  Journal 
of  this  CjfenerarCouncil.       *       •  ,»  .'.. 

'On  motion  of  the  Hc*vv  M*".  ^it<^h^l,.th*e  Ilbuse  concurred 
intliie'Kcsolntfon    conveyefl  to  i^t  in  Message  ^o.  48'of  the. 
tlonse'of  Bishops. .  ,,    •       '.*'♦••,       •' 
.Oir.niotio'n  iof  the  same,'  tlie  *I{ouse  concurred    in    thp  ' 
julopti©!!  ^f  the  R(*so]ntioh  conveyed  to'it  in  Message  No". 
."):5  of  th'o  lloiiso  of  Bishops.   ^    ■       *  *.  ,     "" 

On  iinitibn  of  Mr.  Patdle, 

Rrsolreil.  'Diat  this  House  conciiri^in  the  ad.optfon  of4he  Resolutions  on 
the  sflli^l^ecl  ^^  Missibns  conveyei  icxthis^ljousq  iii^^fessage  Ko.  51  of 
the  Hoi^se of  Bishops.  '  , 


122  •   J0URi5"AL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COmv^CIL.        [lotl:  Day, 

On. motion  of  Mr.  Plielan,  "  •     '   ' 

Hcsolvcd,  TheHouse  of  Bislipps  concurring,*  that  tlie  Besolutlou  ap- 
pointing Huntsville,  Ala.,  as  the  place  of  jneeting  of  the  next  General 
Council,  he  and  is  hereby  rescinded.  _  .      .  ' 

Ord(;red,  That  the  Secretary  convey,  said  resolution  to  the 
House  of  Bishops. 

Qn  motion  of  the  same, 

,  Resolved,  The  House  of, Bishops. concuK-ing,  that  the  next  meeting  of 
the  jGreneral  Council  he  held  at  Mobile,  Ala. 

Ordered,  That,  the  Secretary  convey- said  Resolution  to 
the  House  of  Bishops.^ 

The  following  Messages  were  received 'from  the  House 
of  Bishops  4.  .  • .       ' 

MESSAGE  OF    THE  HOUSE  OF    BISIIOPS -XO.    54.. 

Th§  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies,  that  it  has  ^-escin- 
ded  the  Resolution,  whereby  Huntsville,  Ala.,  was  appointed  the  place  of 
meeting  ot  the  next  General  Council,  and  concurs  in  the  Resolution  or' 
the  House  of  Deputies  appointing  •  Mobile,  Ala.,  as  the  place  'of  said 
meeting.  '         .       .    . 

:.1ESSAGE  OF   THE   IIOU^JE  of  BISHOPS  NO.  55, 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House'  of  Deputies,  that  it  has  ap- 
pointed Bishops  Elliott,  Atkinson  and  Wilnier,  as  the' Committee  on.  Mis- 
sions on  the  part  of.  this  House. 

MESSAGE  OF  THE  HOUSE  OF  BISHOPS   xa.    56, 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies,  that  it  lias 
passed  the  following  Resolution :  *  '  * 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Deputies  concurring,  that  in  case  any  vacancy* 
should  occur  in  the  Committee  on  the  Revision  of  the  Prayer  BooJ<,  •<;!• 
in  that  on  the  Missions  of  the  Church,  if  it  be  by  the  death  or  resigp.a- 
tion  of  a  Bishop,  it  shall  be  filled  by  an  appointment  raad(4  by  the,B.isho])s 
still  acting — and  in  like  manner,  in  the  case  of  a  Presbyter  or  Layman 
who  is  a  member  of  the  first  of  these  Committees,  the  Vacancy  shall*  be 
filled  by  the  Presbyters  and  Laymen   I'Gspectively  p/  that  Coinrailtoe. 

On  motion  of  Mr. battle  the  House  crtncifrrcd  in  thf- 
Resolution  conveyed' to  it  in  Mcs/iaae,vE^o.  56  of  the  H'ouse 
of  Bishops.  :  « 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Phelan, 

Resolved  That  a  Committee  of  two  be  ajJpoinLed  by  the  Chair,  to^in- 
form  the  House  of  Bishops  that  this  House  has  concluded  all  business 
before  it,  arid  is  now  ready  to  adjoura  &ine  cjie.     ,  *    '     * 

The  Secretary  of  the  House  of  Bishope  Comnlunicat^d  to 
this  House,  that  the  House  of  "Bishop^  would  forihwith 
unite  with  this  House  in  the  concludiuf.':  services  of  tJiis 
Council.  '       ,      . 

The  House  of  Bishops  then,  entered. 
.    The  Presiding  Bishop  t'ead  the  Pastoral  LfeLtcr.oF  the 
House  of  Bishops.        '         , 


1862.]  HOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES. 

Appropriate  Prayers  v^qyq  read  b}^  the  Presiding  Bishop. 
The  "Gloria  in  Excelsis"  wassiing-,  and,  after  the  Apostolic 
Behediction.pronouncedby  the  Presiding  Bishop,  the  Ilou^e 
of  Bishops  retired. 
.  ,.0n  motion,  •     *       * 

.  Ordered,  That  the  Secretary  of  this  House  cause  to  be 
printed  and  distributed  fifteen  liundred  copies  of  the  Pas- 
toral Letter  of  the  House  of  Bishops. 

The  rough  minutes  of  this  daj's  session  were  read  and 
approved.  .        •  . 

•On  motionj  ''•^     •%** 

RcsoUed,  lliat  after  the  Benediction  sliall  liavo  becflVroiiouncetl,  the 
House  be  adjourned. 

•    Prayers  were  then  offered  bj^  the.  President,  concluding 
«v,nth  the  Benediction. 

.The  I'resident  then  declared  the  CDuneil  adjourned  sine 
die.  '.  '     .       •■ 

christia:n^  ha:^ckel,  d.  d., 

President. 
Attest.:    .•  Jno.  M.*  Mitchell,  Secretary. 


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JOURNAL 


OF   THE 


HOUSE  OF  BISHOPS, 


Augusta,  Ga.,  Wednesday,  November  12th.,-  1862. 

Tiie  G'eueral  Council  of  tlie  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
ill  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  assembled  this  day  in 
8t.  Paul's  (Umrch,  in  the  city  of  Augusta,  in  the  Diocese 
of  Georgia,  * 

The  jopening'  services  were,  as  follows  : 

•  Morning  Prayer  was  said  by  the  Rev.  Christian  Hanckel, 
I),  p.,  of  the  Piocese  of  South  Carolina,  assisted  by  the- 
Rev.  F.  R.  Hanson,  of  the  Diocese  of  Alabama. 

The  Ante  Communion  Service  was  said  by  the  Right  Rev." 
Dishop  Elliott — the  Right  Rev.  P>ishop  Atkinson  reading 
the  Pipistle,  and  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Johns  reading  the 
Gospek  .  The  Sermon  was  preached  by  the  Right  Rev. 
Ildin-y  C.  Lay,  D.D.,  Missionary  Bishop  of  the  South-west. 

•  The  Holy  Communion  was  administered  b}^  the  Right 
Rev.  Bishop  Elliott,  assisted  by  the  llight  Rev.  Bishop 
Jbhns,  and  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Wilmer. 

'  After  Divine  Service  the  Bishops  assembled  in  the  Lec- 
ture Room  of  St.  Paul's  Church.  The  Senior  Bishoj:)  pres- 
ent, the  Right  Rev..  Stepheti  Elliott,  D.  D.,  Bisbop  of  the 
Diocese  of  Georgia,  took  the  Chair. 

The  Right  Rev.  Richard]!.  AVilmer^  D.  D.,  Bishop  of 
the  Diocese  of  Alabama,  was  appointed  Secretary  pro  tern. 

•'l^pon  a  call  of  the  roll  of  the  Bishops  whose  Dioceses 
had' ratified  the  Constitution  proposed  for  the  l^rotestant 
P'piscopal  Church  in  the  Confederate  States  of  America, 
there  were  found  present,  the  Right  Rev.  Stephen  Elliott, 
li.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Georgia  ;  the  Right  Rev. 


Jolin  Johns,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Virgiina  ;  tiic 
Right  Eev.- Thomas  F:  Davis,  D.  I).,  Bishop  of  the  Dio- 
cese of  South  Carolina;  the  Right  Rev.  Thomas  At- 
kiiison,  D.  D.,'  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  -of  ISTorth  Carolina; 
the  Right  Rev.  Henry  "C.  La}^,  D.  D.,  Missionary  Bishop  of 
the  South-west;  and  the  Right  Rev.  Richard  IT;  Wilmer, 
D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Alabama.,. 
■  The  Rev.  Messrs.  Trapier  and  Sparrow-appeared 'as  a 
Committee  from  the  House  of  Deputie^,  and  announced 
that  the  House  of  Deputies  had  organized  by  the  election 
.of  the  Rev,  .Christian  Hanckel,  D.»'D.,  of  the  Diocese'  of 
South  Carolina,  as  President;  and  of  the  Rev."  John  M. 
jMitch'ell,  of  the  Diocesa  of  Alabama,  as  Secretary. 

The  House  of  Bishops  then  adjourned  to  meet  on  Thurs- 
day morning  after  Divine  Service. 


SECOIsTD  DAY'S^SESSIOK.  .         \ 

TiiuESDAT,  ISToY.  13,  1862. . 
^The  House  .of  Bishops  met  after  Divine  Service,  in  St. 
Paul's  Church.     Present  as  on  yesterday,  with  the  addition 
of  the  Right  Rev.  William  Mercer  Green,  1).  D.,  .Bishop 
of  the  Diocese  of  Mississippi. 

The  Minutes  of  yesterday's  proceedings  were  read  by  the 
Secretary  2^'>'Q-   ie?it.,  and  approved. 

The  House  then  proceeded  to  elect  a  permanent  Secreta- 
ry, and  the  Rev.  VV.  H.  Harison,  of  the  Diocese  of  Georgia, 
was  unanimously  elected. 

The  Right  .Rev.  Bishop  Wilmer  was  appointed  to 
notify  the  Rev.  Mr.  Plarison  of  his  election,  and  also 
to  announce  to  the  House  of  Deputies,  that  the  House  of 
Bishops  had  elected  tlie  Rev.  W.  H.  Harison  Secretary, 
and  was  ready  to  proceed  to  business. 

On  motion  of  Bishop  Atkinson —  . 

Eesohed,  That  a  Committee,  of  three  be  appointed  to  prepare  .resolu- 
tions expressive  of  the  sense  which,  this  House  entertainscf  the  loss  which  . 
the  Church  has  experienced  by  the  lamented  cfeath  of  the  late  Et.  Rev. 
William  Meade,  D.  D.  ' 

The  Presiding  Bishop  appointed  Bishops  Atkinson,  Da- 
vis, and  Wilmer,  said  Conimittee. 

On  motion  of  Bishop  Lay — 

Besolved,  The  House  of  Deputies  concurring,  that  a  joint  Committee 
be  appointed  to  prepare  joint  Rules  of  Order  to  regulate  the  intercourse. 
of  the  two  Houses. 


Resol'3ed,  That  tlio  Committee  on  t^ie  pnrt  of  the  Hon5;e  of  Eisliops  con- 
sist of  til  roe;  1  .    .  , 

ThePr.esidmg  Bislicrp* appointed  Bishops  Lay,  Johns  and 
Green,  said  Committee. 

On  motimi  of  Biahop  Atlvjnson — 

EcsohcJ,  That  the'following-Standiug  Committees  U/^ appointed  h'y  tlie 
Presiding  BisJiop,  to-wit :  •     _•  .  .         a      , 

1.  OomniitteQ  on  Aniendinonts  of  tlie  Constitution.  ,    t 

2.  Committee  on  Canons.      » 

n.  Committee  an  Domestic  Missions,'  •  ••       * 

4.  Committe,e  on  Forejtjn  ^fissions. 

h.  Committee  on  Unfinished  Business.   . 

C<.  Committee  on  the  Prayer  lioolv.     .    . 

Tbef  Presiding  Bishop  annonncod  the  following  as<coii- 
stitnting  said  Committees :  '  •',-*. 

1.  Committee  on  Amendments  of  the  Coustitdtion,  P>ish- 
ops  Johns,  Lay  aiul  Wilnier.  .•  ' 

2.  ^Committee  on  Canons,  Bishops  Green,  Atkinson  and 
Bavi.^.* 

3.  Committee  on  l)omcst.ic  Missions,.  Bishops  Davis, 
Green  and  Lay.  ,  ,. 

4.  Committee  on  F.ot'eign  Missions,  Bishops  Johng,  Dajns 
and  Wilmer.  ^,,    ■  ,  •  .  .    '       -  ■'    i  '■ 

5.  .Conyiiit"t'^Grt)i1  CTpfinished  Business,.  Bishops  Laj^  and* 
Wilm«r.  •'   ■       ■*  •        ','•*••  '  ' 

6.  Committee  ou  the  Prayer  Book,  Bishops  Atkinson, 
Johns  and  Davis.       ''  • 

O^  motion.  Bishops  Elliott  and  Johns  were  added  to  the 
Committee. on  Caupns,  and  Bishops  Elliott  and.  Green  to 
th<3  Committee,  on  the'  Prayer  Book. 

Bishop  Atkinson  offered  the  following  resolutions,  which, 
on  his  motion  were  referred  to^the  Committee  on  the  Pi-ay- 
er-Bopk :  '  '^    :'f-       '  ■  .'       ,.  '.  • 

^t^olved,  By  tlieilOitseof  Pishops,  the  House  of  Deputies' concurring— 

•1.  TJi^tthff  Right 'Reverend,  the  Bishops  of-- '—— -^ 

lie  authorized  to  set  tortU  an  edition  "of  fhe  Book  of  Common  Prajerjthe 
Articles,  Offices,  ijnd  Metre  Psalms  t^nd  Hymas  for  the  pi'eseot  use  of 
{his  Church.        •  "       '..'■.•,.'''' 

2,  That  the  only  alteration  to  bo  uiade'therein  from  the. Book  of  Corn- 
moil  ],*rayer  as  used  in  the  Protest^\u*  Episcopal  Church  of  the  United 
Stjate^,  shall  be  the  substitution  of  the  "words  ^'  Confederate  States  "'  in 
place."  of  the  words  "  United  States'"  wherever  .these  last  occur,  and  the 

.•onnysi*)n  of  the  Prefac<J  to  the  said  Book. 

3.  That  the  saixl  Coinmittee  bo  instrucled.  to  prepare  a  Preface  iotro-. 
ductoi7  to  the  Book  to  be  Usucd  und^r  their  supervision,  but  that  the 
said'  Preface  be  not'  publishi-d  until  it. shall*  ha^fe  been  submitted  to,  and 
apprjjved  by,,  the  General  Council^       ■  '  .  '  ,         .      -  , 


4.  That  tlie  said  Coiruiitteo  be  anthorizetl,  if  they  ju<lp:e  it  ex]>ij(lieTil, 
to  issue  short  services  for  Morning  and  £vdnini^' Prayer,,  to  be  used  in  the 
Army  and  Navy,  the  materials  of  -which  sliall  be  taken  altogether  from 
the  Prayer  Book.  .  . ' 

.  On  motion  of  Bishop  Lay,  -. 

liesoheB.;  The  House  of  Deputies  ccncurring,  that  the  Sessions  of  tlie 
Council  shall* open  with*  Morning  Prayer  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  and  'shall 
cloise  at  3  o'clock,  P.  M., -taking  a  recess'  of  one  half  hour  at  ]  2  Vclock,  M. 

On  motion  the  House  adjonrned.  .     •  . 


»       .        .  THIRD  DAY'S  SESSION 

Friday,  IsTovember  14Tn,  18G2; 

The  House  met  pursuant  to  adjournment.  Present  as 
3'esterday. 

The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

Bishop  Davis  asked  to  be  excused  from  serving  on  an}^ 
of  the  Standing  Committees-  of  whicl^i  lie  was  Chairman  ; 
which  request,  on  motion,  was  granted. 

The  following  message  wiis  receivetl  fr'OnVthe'House  of 
Deputies.     •  - /^ tj^  «,      J  '    '   '*., 

MESSAGE  NO.  2.      '  .  ,  ^  .     •     '        ,  . 

The  House  of  Deputies  inforrps  the  House  ot  ^Bishops,  that  it  has  con- 
curred in  the  adpption  of  the  liesolutioa  contained  iij  iWessagp^ISro.  2  from 
the  House  of  Bishops,  and  that 

It  has  appointed  on  the  part  of  tlie  House  t)f  Depiities,  tipou  the  Ipogn- 
niittee  provided  for  in  said  Resolution,  the  Pev.  Dr.  Mason,  of,  N.>0.-,  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Hanson,  and  the  Hob.  JohnD.  Phelan,  of  Al^. 

^  The  following  Message  was  also  I'ecieived.:     .     * 

mess"agk  no.  3..  •     . 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  Houi^  of  Bishops,  tliat  it  does  not 
concur  in  the  Resolution  of  the  House  ©"f ''B^iiQps,  ^ofitained*in  Message 
No.  3. '        '  :•:;'*....■ 

And  that  it  has  fixed  upon  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  a§  the  hour  of  ojieiiiii'g 
eacG  day's  session. 

.    On  motion  of  "Bishop  Johns, 

Hesohed,  Tliat  so  much  of  ^Message  No.  3  as  relates,  to  a  recess,  and 
tlie  hour  of  adjournment  be  withdra^^n  ;  and  that  the  Secretary  so  inform 
the  House  of  Deputies. 

Bishop  Atkinson  presented  thd  following 
•   'v*;/*  RBPOET. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  prepare  at  Kosolntion  expressive  of ,  the 
sense  of  this  House  of  the  loss  sustained  by  this  Church  in  the  death  of 
the  late  Eight  Rev.  William  Meade,  D.  D.^  Veg  lea-j^  to  report—     *' 


1862.]  ,  HOUSE  OF  lUSHOPS.  '     .  •  1'20 

That  this  House  rocognisefs  in  tho  death  of  Bishop  Mealle  tlie  removal 
I'roni  among  us  of  one  u-liose  wisdom,  whose  large  and  varied  exi)eriouee. 
whose  singularly  pure  and  elevated  charaeter,  and  whose  deep  devotion 
to  liis  God  and  his  ^*^aviour  gave  him  pre-eminent  antliority  and  inriuence 
among  us,  and  in  the  Church  at  hirge.  Many  of  us  revered  him  as  Uie 
Fatlier  in  God,  who  guided  our  first  steps  in  the  ministry.  All  lioimred 
in  him  the  qualities  that  espeeially  fitted  him  to  be  our  I,eader  in  the  new 
and  arduous  patli  which  Providence  seems  to  have  opened  out  for  u.'^,  and 
t'ominanded  us  to  walk  in.  \Ye  deeply  feel  the  deprivation  of  liis  eai^ac- 
ity,  his  decision  of  character,  and  his  ardent  piety;  hut  his  many  excel- 
lences in  some  meafiure  reconcile  us  to  his  death,  as  we  are  assured  he 
7.\as  taken  from  labour  and  carc.nnd  has  gone  to  a  biCssed  andenduruin-  res' 

THOMAS    ATKINSON, 
THOMAS  F.  DAVIS,  * 

EICHAKD  11.  WILMER. 

On  motion  of  Bishop  Lay  the  said  report  \va=!  receiyeil, 
and  the  Resolution  adopted. 

On  motion  the  House  adjourned. 


FOrRTII  DAY'S  SESSIOX. 

Saturday,  Is^ov.  15,  1862. 

■  The  House  met  pursuant  to  adjournment. .  Present  as 
yesterday,  with  the  exeoption  of  the  Bishops  of  South  Car- 
olina and  Mississippi.  .    . 

The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were'*read  and  approved. 

The  following  message  was  received  from  the  ITouse  of 
Deputies,  and,  on  motion,  laid  on  the  table  : 

.MESSAGE   NO.    4.       • 

The  Hoilso  ftf  Dejjuties  iufonuri  the  House. of  Bishojis  that  it  haspassetl 
the  following  Resolution: 

Resohed,  The  House  of  Bishops  coucurring,  that  the  following  Canon 
l>e. adopted:  .  <■ 

CANON   I. 

OK    THE    KL'OLESIASXICAL    AUTJIOniTT. 

The  Euclesiastical  Authority  of  e^ich  Diocese  is  i|,s  Bishop.  Whoi, 
there  is  no  Bishop,  the  Standing  Committee  shall  he  the  Ecclesiasiical 
Authority  for  all  purposes  declared  in  these  Canons.  • 

The  following  Message  was  received,  aud,'on  motion,  laid 
on  the  table  : 

MESSAGE   NO.  5. 

•The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops, -that  it  has 
passed  the  following  Resolution :  .  •   '. 

liesolvcd,  The  House  of  Bishops",  concmring,  that  the  following  Cauon 
be  adoi)ted:  .  '  •  '  ,  , 

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•  V    "  .  t 

IW*     ,       JOURNAL. OF -TITE  GENERAL  OOIWCTU       [UliDay. 


OF  TH^' ADMISSION  OF"  PliRSONS -AS  CANDIDAfsS  POK  DEACOXS'  OKDBlJS.' 
♦        '      ■  '*.',■'"  ,   •  ■  *  ,  *      *  * 

§  1.  Every  peifson,  ,wfto  desires  tcliecbme^aCtyudiilQite  forHply  Qrders 
ill  tins  Ckureh,'  shall,  iii  tlits  first'  instance,"gwe  udtrce  in  Avritin^  of  that 
deslreJto  the   Ecclesiastical  Anthoritj  to  \Yhose  jnrisdictioii  he  helongs;  t, 
ill  wlrteh  notice  he  shall  declare  vhethei*  he  has  ever  applied  for*admis« 
sion  as'a  candidate  in  auy  other  Diocese.     The  Ecclesiastical ^nthority 
may  consent  to  his  applying  in  some  atheK  Diocese-.         •       '      . '' 
"   ^  2i  The    iiptice  •above  required,  shaving  bGen  given  to  the  Bishop^  it" 
there  be  one,' and  tlie  Bishop  Jiavirig  signilicd  liis  approbation  in  -wFiting, 
the  f)ers6u  "SO  applying  shall  send  the  said  certificate  in -a:  letter  addressed 
by  hiin  to  thfe-Pjesident  or  Secretary  of  tlip  Standing  Committee  of"  the. 
'  Diooese  of  the  said  Bisbop  ;  Avherenpoii  the  Standing  Committee  njay,  if  . 
IIkW   see  ^t,  testify 'in  his   behalf  to   the   Bishop,    that,    from  personal 
knowledge,  or  froui  testifnonials  laid. before ^hem, 'they  believe  that  he  i^. 
pi'ons,  sober* and  honest,' attacliod  to  the. d'oetrine,  discipline  and  v/orship   ■ 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Clmrchi'  a  comnf^^uicant  of  the  same,  and  in  . 
their  opinion  possesses  such   qualificationss   ag   will  render  him  apt,  ayd   ' 
meet  to.  exef ciae  the   ministry  to   thfe  glory*  6f  God,  aiid  the  edifyhig  of 
»  tjie'  Church;  and,if  the  Sfcnnding  Cotnmittee  cannot-certify'as  above froiy 
pov.-*on;il  kilowledge^.  the  testimonials   laid  before  them  by  thd  applicant 
shall  bdof  the  siyne purport,  ayd  its  f'all„  asfthe  certificate  above  required,   ,. 
ancf  sht^ll  be   signed   by  at  least  one  PresW'ter  jjnd   fqm'r  respectable  i^iv- 
nicmof  ,the^r»testant  Episcop;d  Chtirch  in  the  Confeder^itc  States. 

§  3.  The  applicant  slidil' transmit  the.  Certificate  of  the  Standint^-  Con^- 
mitteetd  the  Bishop,  Avho.inay  tliei'eupou  ad'mit  the  ])erson  as  aeandi- 
(iate  fof  Holy  Orders,  and  shall  record. the 'same'  in  a  book  to  be  kept  b_v 
Jiim  for  tliat  purpose,  a*id  shall  notify  the  candidate  of  sucli  record,  in 
any»Dipces6  where  there  is  no  Bishop,  the^Standing  Comyiittee  may,  on 
the  samp  conditions,  admit  the  person  as  a  (yindidgte,  am\«hall^nake  re- 
cord ai^d  notification  in  the  same  maimer.  _        '  t 

§  4.  No  persoii  who  lias  previously  applied  for  admission  as  a  candi- 
Sat^dnany  Diocese,  .an4  has  been  refused,  qr,  having  beeri  admitted,  has' 
afte'nv.ards  ceased, to  b6  a  c!indidate,  shall  be  admitted  as'a  candidiite  in 
aify  other -Diocese,  until  .he  shall' haveprpduced  A'om  the  Ecclesiastical 
Authority  of  ^he  "fen'ner  Diocese  a  certii'ficate  declaring  the  caus^  for 
Avhicliihe  was  refused  admission,  or  for  which  h0  ceased  to  be  apandid^te. 
4  §  5.'  [l.j  AVlien  a  person,  whd,  n6t  havmg  had  Episcopal  Ordifiati(3',  . 
lias  be^i  acknowledged  as  an  ordained  minister  o'r  licentiate  in  any  de 
uomiuution  of  Christians,  shall  desire -to  be  ordained  i'n  tliis  Church, 
,  lie  shall  giye  notice  tliereof  to  the  Eccleiwastical  Authority  of  the  Diocese 
in-^ivhich  he  resides;  or,  if  he  reside  in  a  State  or  Territory  in  wjiich 
tliere  is  no  orgaiyzed  Diocese,  lb  the  Missionary  Bisho"p  within  whose 
jurisdiction  he  resides;  wliicji  notice  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  written 
certififtate  from  at  least  two  Presbyters  of  this  Church,  stating- that,  from 
l>ersonal.  knowledge  of  the  applicant,  or 'satisfactory  evidence  laid  before 
them, they  believe  that  his  desire  to  leave  the  denomiuation.to  which  he  be- 
longed'has  not  arisen  from  any  circumstaq.ce  unfavorable  to  his  moral  oi- 
religious  chara'cter,  or  on  account  of'  which  \i  may  be  inexpedient  to  ad  - 
mit  liim  to  the  exercise  of  the  ministry  in  this  Church;  and  they  may 
ill  so  iuld  Avjiat  they  know  or  believe,  on  gpod  authority,,  of  the  circum- 
st.-tuco.s  leading  to  the  said  desire",  *  ! 


•       ••     •        •  ?  .     •  •* 

iaG2.]  ^  HOUSE  OF  BISyOPS.  ^  l:;i*» 

«"  '•••♦  .  "a  ■  •-    ' 

•  •  p        -  *   ' 

|2.]  J^lli9*E(;-eli?,si;\stio8l  AutliDnfy  shall  think,  proper  to  proreod,  tht'  , 

person  n]>4Vlyjng  t!0  \)0  received  as  a.candvldte  s^iall  produoefo  the  Stand-       '   •  ' 
Jug  ConiiniltdP'  a  testiincniial  Froui.at  least  twelve  menibers  of  tlie/ieu<;iii-     • 
i nation- tVoni-wliich  he  o(»Hies^  or  twelve  uiefnbers  of  the  Proteshiiit-Kpis-'».  »  •   • 
(•opal  Chnrch;  ol-.HvoIve  persons' in  part  of  the  denomination  frohi  wlilc'h  *^ 
he  comes  and  ii}  t'-iJ"f-''^l"'''copaliaflts,'sat1slVirlory  to  the  Oonnnlttfiv/'ulial,    •       * 
the  applicant  lias,  f#r  J.li4-€e  year!,  Jast  past,    lived'  ])i()ns1y„'  Kcjbwly  "  ;wu! 


lonestly;  and   also  a    t^stimoiiiftl  Troni  af 'Ifeas't^  tw«i    Fre.shttr'VH  of  tlii*  •. 
•  Ijnrcl),  tliat  tlicy  belief  hiiii  to  bo  pic(ii.i,  sober  und  honcst/and  sincer*--* 


.• 


S  G.,f-l.j  Vheii  41  person,  not  a  ^'iti/en  of  the  C'onfederjtte  Slates,  \ili»i 
has  hei^n  aclinoxVledgeiras  au  ordained  liiinislbr  ill  any  deuonilna^iMn  (^i    • 
('hrist^nns,  rtJiaJf  ap[)ly  to  he(uifnc  ^i  cuiididalefbr  Orders- in  tJiis.Chiiriii,  » 
tiieJVisho'p  to  whoni  application  is  niade  .shiill  roqnlrc  of  him    (in-  aifldb 


•»ti(ju  to  tlie  a1)ove  ijijalilicafloiisV  >'J«ti^f;ie(<>Vy  oviden«n  tiiat  he  }rn^'  i'c.-itllcH 
^il  lea*t.one  year^H  tJ>e  Cohftjfleraft*  States,  firevions  to  fi^s  sri)Jjli<-;'Uioili  ♦ 

|2  J-Wheii  a  ner'^oiiy  n(M-.*a  (•iti;;eiii)f  tJKUViafederato  States  •Nv iio.  {kis    ,     •,     \ 
been   acknowV'ogcd   a-^*  an  ordained   niinistc/ in    ahy.  denomin^^itioiV   uf ' 
l)hris.tians,  shall,  rtpply  ipi'  Offloj-,'?  in  this  Chnrch  on  tho  "^jron'nd  uf  a  cal[ . 

•  to  a  Chnrch  in  which  diviiio< service  is  celobrateil  ill  a   foreign  laii'fnal»&^ 
the  Standing;  .Co'm»ii,ttiHvof  the   Diocese  to  M'hicli.  such   Clmreh    b'^nl.^;,  < 
may,  on  snllicientei'idence  tjif  t^tne^s  according  to  the  C;liiot»s,  and  bv  a  ' 
nnartimons'  vote  at   a,iiieet:lnii- dnly  convened,    recommend   hini  to'  tiie  * 
Hishop  lor  Orders,  and  the   DLshop  niay  then  ordain  liim,  and  li.e  niayl^e  *       * 
settled,  and  instituted. iiito. tin?  sdid  Churcli,  without  his  produciui^-  a'te.s- 
limouial  to  his  character  hx  a<'lerj:<:}4iian  iromhis  pefsuirai  kiiow'leil^e  of 

biin  for  one  year,  and  -withrhit  hi*diaving  been  a  yenrivsident  in  Ihi.i 
couiitry,  anything  in  {iny  otlusr  Canon  ot^ this  Church  to  tlvsp.  cctn'trauy 
notwithstanding:  -ZV(^!'/'i(v7,"ttiat,  in  both  6f  the  above cas(v<,  tlip 'person  -  • 
applyin|>  product*  a  cert^ti^att',  signed  by  at  Ic^ast  four'  res'i)ect'able  mem' 
^bei^of  tliis  Churqh,  that  tbey.  lutve  satisfactory  rea»>pns  'to-believe  llie 
testimonials  to  his  relifim'ii,  in^ral  and  |iterkry  qijiAlifieatiousj* to  J>tv En- 
titled to  fulhcredit.    ■."        ■      ■  V  .'•  •'  ■■'•'-...       ■•  ■   •  ♦ 

irrsliop  Lay  pf'tlic  (yommitteo  appointed,'  to  p4'e]-»ar(.^  joii\t  ♦ 
Kiilcs  of^Order  made  tUcr  follo^Yini;-  Rcportj.^vhkl^^'oiiVuo-*^'   *. 
tion,  was  ^ec§i^^ed.^■.  *  :.    '•  *'         •"      ,,     *  .  ^  *  y-i'*    t" -^  ,* 

*'•  '      JOJXT  Ti:ULl':S  OF  ORDER.    •'••      •*      'A/ 

1.  At  tile  o])cnin^of  tlio  C<)nhciH  tl^e  Kcmse-of  DepWiori^s-aftei' (n-gnif-    • 
iiziug,  shall  inform  tlic  IIoiise''of-  JiishofK^  that  they  h^^ve  electfed  a.lVc>si-     , 
dent-  and  Soqretary,  and  ai-Q  geAdy  tp.i)ro(iefcd  to  business  j  and  ttie/jloixst-'        .• 
(ff  liishops  after  electingfi  Scftretary,*  shaU  comiuuftiitjato  such  aot  totUii^    • 
llo/ise  of  Uepntiet?.  *■  *  *#  ,•  *     .'.•.'..     -V  "    .    .    .    . 

/   2.  ilessages may  Lc-coiTveyed  by  a  (^"wainittee  Or  by  [the  8ecfej;i»ry  oC    ,  ' 
eit^u^-,b«(iy.  «  The  .SecretdJ-y  oi"  the.  hpi^v' -1,0- ■which  -siioh  mes^rage  's."sent        '    * 

*  shall  annonncf,  '*A  M(i:j.s.Ht:e Ji'om  thG.lI*ousa  of  iJiblrops/'  oi"  "  j\'i>rt\s.sa';fe  » 

from  the  Tlt)nse'ef  Deputies''— ^Wher^inou,  proceedings  shall 'he  £iu»pt'n«.  , 

ded'nntil  {lie  MesKagais  (U-livercil'to  flic  i',rasideiit.>     H"  t]ie^IAsai,'e  b^i 
in  writing,  "^hc  Tresidaut  shall  6cder.it  to.bo  r(?a(^by.'the  Se<-ivtur^,  and 
the  table,  .subje(Jt  tcJiho^JtUci*  ui'-  tlie  liolise.         * 


it  shal>  tlnfli  ho  litid  on 


■  132  ■  %  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GE^^ERAL  COUNCIL.         [4th  Day. 

•    .  p  .  ■  ^ 

*,  At  the  Qlose  of  the   Session,    the  House  of  Deputies  shall  announce 
t6  th-e   House  of  Bishops,  that  -they   have  concluded  their  business,  and 

*  are  reaSy  to  receive  the  Bishops.     The  House  of  Bishops  shall  then  de-. 
',  sigiiate  a  time  at. which  they  Avill  unite  with  the  House  of  Deputies  in 

'    the  coneluding  devotional  exercises,  and  read  the  Pastoral  Letter,  if  one. 
'    be  i-ssued. 

4.  Joint- Committees,  unless  the  number  be  specified  in  the  resolution 
under  which  they  are   appointed,  shall  consist  of  three  Bishops  and  five 

•  ■  L>epnties.     The  assent  of  a   majority  of  the   Bishops,  and  a  majority  of 
'   the  Deputies  of  thd  Committee  shall  be  necessaryfor  a  majority  report. 

,     ^       ■  HENRY  C.  LAY,       . 

.    V^  Chairman  of  Comixvittee   of  House  of  Bishops. 

•  .  »v  '  -R.  S.  'MASON,         ^    ; 

*  •  Chairman  of  Committee  of  House  of  Deputies. 

•    •    •  . ;  ,      » 

•'•  nOu  motion  of  Bishop  Jolms,      .'  .    ; 

Mesolved,  That  the  Joint  Rules- of  Order  as  reported  be  adopted  ;   and 
that  the  Secretary  so  inform  the  House  of.  Deputies.' 

'  ^n  motion 'of  Bishop  Wilme'r,      •,         .    -. 

•.  _   Ilesohed^  That  the  title   of  the  "Committee  upon   the  Book  of  Cora- 
rnon  Prayer  "  be  changed  to  the  title  ".Coujmittee-on  the  Bible  and  Book 
'  -of  Common  Prayer."  ■         ' .  ■    .' 

•  And  atso  on  motion  of  the  same,  .      ' 

0      liesohed,  That  the  Committee  on  "the   Bible  and  Book   of  Common 
0  Prayer  be  instructed  to  consider  and   report  upon  some  inocte  of  provi- 
ding for  the  use  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Confederate 
S-tatfis  of  America,   a  standard  edition  of  the  liplj  Scriptures. 

«     On  motion  of  Bishop  Atkinson,' J\f$ssage  'No.  4  froni  the 
'House  of  Deputies  was  taken  np.  ,^  •  . 

,         On  motion  of  Bishop  ^"ohns.  Canon  L — "  Of  the  Ecclesi- 
astical Authority  "  was- adopted.     '    ^.' 

£)n  motion  of  Bishop  Atkinson, 'Message  N'o.  5  was  taken 
"■up,  and  Canon  II.— "Of  .the  Admission  of  Persons  as  Can- 
.  didates  for  Deacons'  Orders,'"  was  adopted. 
On  hiotion  of  Bishop  Johns, 

li'esohed,  That  the  Secretary  be  instructed  to  inform' the  "House  of  Dep- 
atit's  that  Canoii  I.  and  Canoft  IL  tire, adopted  hf  this  House.     .  . 

■    On'm^lioii  of  Bishop  Lay,"  ■  ' 

Eesolved,   ihat  R  Committee  pf  three. be- ai)pointed  to  prepare   resolu- 
'      tions   cxprSsriive   of  the   sense    wliich  this  House  entertains  of  the  loss 
^A^'tlicli  the  Church  has  experienced  by  tjieolamented  death  of  the  late  Rt. 
•Rev.  Nicholas  Cobbs,  D.  D.  , ,.  ,    _  ••     . 

^    •    Th6 -Presiding  Bishop  appointed  Bishops  Lay*  Atkinson 
and' Johns,  said  Committee. 

•  ••"'Bishop  Lay  "presented  the  follo-wiug 

'*    .•''■,        •  ..    REPt^RT 

,      The  Committee  on  U^nfinishecl  Business  beg  leave  to  Report,  that  tl;e* 
Report  of  the-Coeamittee  ou  Missions  made  to  the  adjourntd  Convention 

.  •      •     •         -  •  • 


leej.)         •*;    '      . HOU'.SE  OF  BISHOPS.  '  l^^r^^J 

held  in  Colrtmbla,  was.by  that  ""budy  laid  ev^r  lor  con&idei'^tion  at  tile.*    *   ■  ,  • 
lueetiiig  of  tbit^  Ooivncil.  '       '■'*'*>    ''*'''  '  -      *     *    * 

We  .nffer  the  folio  will!?  repolution —  ^^        '■    'j    .      ,♦,.*-•    ',   *  ,  • 

Jiesdlted,  ThaJ^the  Report  of  Llie.  Commltteo  oo  Mission5  uQjf3#to  tjie. 
•Adjourned  'Convention  at  Coluia!)ia  (pa^a  42  of  the  Jpurnali)"  1^  njieVrcd         • 
to  th\3  Standing- CoMimttee  oji  Doin^stir  Missions.   .  .  .  '  ,• 

,  ItEXRY  C.  LAY,.      '      •.   "        . 
Cliairman  Ooni.  oa  Unlioishfed  Biusijesii.  "   • 

On  motion  the  !Repoi'V.?vas  receiyetl,  and  the-  Ilesohition, 

adopted.  ■-.•','* 
,0u  motion  the  HoiTSC  acljourncd. 


*       .  Hl^TirDAY^^'SESSIONV.  •.  : 

•:^^ONa,v■s:l  ^oy.  ITth,  .J862.«  « 
The  House  met  pursnant  to  adjournraent._    Pfesenf'as  ou       * 

tSaturday,  with  tihe  addition  ot  the  Bishop  of  South' CaroltnJi.  . 
The' minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  apnrovexl. 
The.  following  Zvlessage  was  received  frqjn  thOfllQilsl  o^ 

Deputies:    *  "'*"',i    .'    •  ••*'**••     ^•^** 

MESSAjSE    KO:    0.  . 

"TIkj  House  of  Defjuties  iutbrnis.tiii^  Uon^c  of  lUshops  that  it  h'asjj.iss^d 
the  followmpr  resolution :   f  ■     ,     ^       '  '.  *  , 

/i\^soZ»e<:Z,  The-House'^f'Biehops.t^Qm'rin'g,  ttfat  the  followlrfa;  CJanorC 
be  adoptefl?-/-  ••%•**.>*  .•**  ■     " 

CAXQli  V.  •  »».     ' 

ol-    TUE     li*»IJE    Ol'.^KUUUINU 'a-N     ACCUKATK   '^iE*V»  OF/fllK     fl'Afi;    9p  ^K  • 

*  '  •     '••  •'•OHUKCll,  •         '       **    •        ^'  •    ,  ,     •        ^* 

••.  .«  "  >      '.  *  •'    ■        '  •a-.    •'       . 

•  ^  1.  As  a  hill  aud  accnrat(4»tid\t  of  the  sttafe  6f  the  Church;  tVoiiiTOie^ 
to  tinie*-is  hisJilj- usefnl  and  nece^sjirj^  itM3  liei'eby  or,der.ecHhat»every 
Ministei^of*t!iis  Churoh^  or  .if  the.  Pafi«>h  be  yacant.  the-  W:tfdons,*  ?hail 
deliver,  on  oV  before  the  first  d§i*y  of  ev.ery  ©iocesaii  Council,  to  l]io»Bi;iJioi>      , 
of  the   Diocese,  or  'where  fbe.rc.  is  ■  no   Bisl'op^  to  the  Pre.sident  of  the     .   , 
<]ouneil,  :t  statement  of -tlie  i>uniber  of  bn])tisins^  codfintiations,  niarrla- 
irH  and  funerals,  and  of  the' ninuber  of  connnunicants  in  hiS.  Parish  or 
Church,  alsofcjie^tate  and  condition  of  tii<?3utHiay  ScJiools  iii  iiis'Parisli, 
also  of  the  ainoui*t.9f  the    Coumtunion  alms,  the  coriti-ibntiojis  for^Ijs- 
sions,  diocesan,  ftomei^ic  and   f>ivi,q;n,  lor  piirochial  schools,  for  Clnft-ch         , 
l^iiVuscs  in  i!:(ineral,  aud  of  afl  .otlul-  matters  that  iTiay  llirow    lighfe*  on     * 
the  stat<(  of  tlie  same.     Aii'd  every   Clergyman,  not  regularly  settled,  in    . 
•iiy.ParisIi  m-  CliH-ch,  ehall  alsij  roj)o'rt   the  occasional  seryifcs  he  may      • 
h;ivc  performed:  and,-if  ho  luivc  f^rformed  no  such  services,  Ishe  onuses 
or  iva-sons  which  have  ji»revei1ted  tho  same.     And'these  rejiorts,  op  such 
l>arts  of  them  as  the   B^ushop  sh'all  tbink  fit^  may*boVe'ad.in  Councit„and       •* 
shall  be  cnf.ered  on^tlie'joni^als  tlft>roo£,l        #  ^    , 


•  • 


♦  •  •  l«i  JO'ITIINAL  OF  THE  (^l-yKr.AJ.  C()Ui:CIL.  V    •   L'"'t^^'i^"' 

•  ♦,         "  ■  .■      .  *  ■  ".        .    *''  ' 

■  i>  2.  At  orery  imniial  iJiotjesnii  Couiidl,  the'.lMsliop  'slwill'  doliver  ;in     ,^ 

.•!d(!i-e,ss,  stating- tliG*aftairs.  of  tLe  Diocese,. sincfe\t;l;e'la^t  jheeting-ot" the 

*  Wo'uiTcil  (/trie  )T'a;)>es_of  the  Churches  wh'wh  he  has  .visited-  Xhe  mmibcr    " 
.    •nf  pers^uscontirmeil';  tlie   iic^mes  of  those  .who Iw'e  beeu' n-eceived   ns 

r;i!i(3iaat6s  ioY  Orders,  anS  of  .th'oso  who 'hare  bec^i'  ord.frtncd^fijspended," 
oiMh'gr.aded;  the. changes  by  death,. reinovM,  o.}'  otherwise,  wbiclr  liavo 
*.  ^  i.nk<,-;i']iJaoe,  aniong  the  Clergy  j  and.'.in- -g^nen^;  all.  matters' tending  to 
^.hi-owllglit  on  the  nttairs  of  the  Diocese;  which  address  slum  be  inserted 
oi|  iiRq;  jouruals.  '  _  •  ■ "        "       "   -     ',',•'      ■      j.  '  ♦     ' 

•.*'§'5..',The  Secretariesof  thfe^sovev^l' "DidcefenrCbmicilf^liair  foi'Vji^l  t<> 
I'very  General  Council, 'th6.j"oarnals  of  the  difcrcfit   Dioeesliu''  CptiTu?ils  ♦ 
^siu<'.Q.tht>,  last 'General  Council,' together  wi'th  such  other  papdrs^as  fiiay 
loud  to  th'rijw.liglit  on  the. State  of..tlie   Church  in  .each.  Diocese,    ti'z  : 
.!'];ij*<cojtflrf'har<tei^'  q,JdresSes   and  pt^stoml  letteiy^f  sliall  be ...presejited  to 
thc.llouse  of  .Dcputie'g.     A  Committee  ..shnll  thQ«u   be  'a^ipoiufced''to.di;a\v 
.        ^ip  ft  v!eWdf<<he  .state  bf  the  .Church,  ami  to^nake  areport  to  thelJoiTseof    *. 
^        ^  V'^P"t?'<^rwluG|!^  rQj>pPt,  .whenagiTOfad  to -by  Jlui  said  lIous(j,-''s]iall  be  sent  to, «  ^   < 

*  ili^^Iloiiseof 'BiskiY'^■, '^vith  a  reque^t■that  fehey  vrill  pre^iare  and'i)ul>lish  a.    , , 

•  !\^storai  Letter  to  the  members  of  tbe  C'hurc^l.     When  any  such  Iptter  ^       • 

^     ,/^  pu|^)]isl'iod,  every  plergyitian  having  a  Taf^toral  c-iifirge  shall  read  it  to 
^ij5-C(fiigrogafrrm  on  some  oooasion  of  4niblic  worship.       '■ 

|i^#l»  Th.e<Hisliop  and. vStaiuling  Connnittee.W  thp*Chnvx;li  ni  every  Dio-  • 
,cese;  or, 'Ip  (here. he  no  Bi.shop,  the  .Siau'dnig  Qcfunnktce  only,  slaall  i)re-  • 
p/?r(^  yirviousjy. fo  t^ie   meeting  of  every  Genehil  Councf],'a  'condeHsed 

•  •#]"."■':;  ^i''id'«^  tahuUir  view-  of  th'o'  Vtate  of  the  _  Church  in  their  J^iofcesc, 
»           ^'*«i'i-isiiig  therein  ^;V  summary  of  tlifi  statistic*  from   th6   ]HU"Oclfial   re- 

jl|ft>rls.  rai(i.  fivvm  the    Kishbp\saddresses,-speciry;li£i--tko- Capital  "and    pro- 
ceeds ^rtiiy  l^piscopal  ftind",'  and  ,of  all.beuevoleMt  and  init^^iipijary  asso- 
(<i^finnsV)f*'ClrHreJimen' within    the  J)iocese,*for  tlie^puri)t>sc'x>t'.  aij^l^i;;*     • 
^    ^  •  tlie  Coifiniittee'ohllie  State,  of  the  Church^api>pintod,by"  trbo  Iliui-eof 
•  •    ^i^Sii^ti^'^ji  A^"Cinyv,tli«'ir  repQ,rts,.^  •  <.'.•*•."'    '•     t  *'  * 

^.  .•  Oiwuptioii.thc  p.ropo'scd  C-jfHon,  GiitUfgd'^Ol 'tlio^iiodc    ■ 

*  ot^liJccin-uig  mi.  Accurate  A'ieW  of  the  St.'U'c'of  tlie.t!}i'ut\'li,'" 
vA-.^anijiiuled.as  follows : 


% 


*t     .  tSECTjoxl-'By  adding  tlic  wowk  "j^r  vestry  "  uitcr  lliu, 
••    '^^»fl^  ",uii^dcns^';iii  .tb(^  3rd  liire..  '>  ».  >  .* 

»  bEGTioj*^  3v    l\yr  strikiug"  oiit    the   first  plaii^^e,  'ifiid  iii- 
'sxM-?iig'the'Wordrf,  "TJic  Secretaries  of  the  *^ever4r  l^ocesaii* 
C'Ou noils  shall    forward  to  the  House  of  Deputies  at  ^vei'j 
G.eueral.  t'oimcil   the-  iuuriials    of  the   different  Diocesan 


,  1  )n  iuoti^ni;  the  proposed  Canon,  a'^''ai';ien(lcd,  ,\vas  a^ojitcd,  • 
aud    the  ^lieccetary  insh'iicted  so*  t6  inii)rAi  tlir?    ITouse  oT 
Dejjfi.itieg.  .  ^ .        1       • 

.»The  follou'ing  messafre  frojH  the  Hon  so  of  J)cpur!es*was 
received :  ♦..  ,.«"' 


t 

\ 


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*• 


*  .  ....  •        -, 

MKS8At!E.N0.  /!»  .* 

T]\(f  f\()mxi  of  1  H'piil K-:?  iiJtoi-iiis  the  lloUs*  oi  Bishop^  tlifil  it  lias  i>a.s:=eHl 

/ic%)Ive(7*  J^^e  IJousc  of  Hi^Jinp?  (inft;iuj|1tiy^*'UKit'l]ie  fctlfu'w^D^Oanoii 
Ik>  ;i^l«)j)tccl;  fo-VJt  1  '    •.    '  *  '  * 

i     '•    ■ 

,   <)l'    ADMITVED    (\V*!SninATI*?  VQIJ   DK^eoXS*  (Tin>F.i:>. 

*     ,    *  •     "        '  *  *       '    ■•  • 

;>  1.  'P/ic-lJisl^op,  or  .cUliiJf  Ecclesiastical  Antliority  Aiio-max,' luivo  tlu', 
^iilRMinioiuloiKja  ot^'c.niididfitt'ii  tor  Dcarons'  Qrdcrs:,  s^jall  take  eaVq  tkat 
thov  fn!r>liotl!eii»*ihulios /liligoiii^y  aaid  uikJcj-  proper  dircctyiujj,  anil  ll^il 
l*icv  do  nut  induJA'e  "i"  a-iy  y'au^.  or  trilling  conl«ct,or  In  anViuiinik'nK*«its 
likolyjo  be  a^nsed^o  iroontiyui^ess,  w  unfavorable  to iliat  sci'i(}iisn(;ss, 
an^Lto  th()S<?  pious  :\l'l(Vti1dnou:f  lfubif%.  Jvhicli  l)e«(jnic  tlioio  Avlio  are  pre-  • 
paring  for-tlia Holy  Ministry.  *.'.  ..  t  t 

•^'  §  2.  It  is'also  t9  ha  maclf?.-  kno^ii,tO't'\»ery  Candidal,©,  tluit'  tli*  CLunJi  - 
(■\-iSeets.oi;|>JTn,,  whjTt  !K'ver«,can  lie  broujiht*  to  the  test  of  ^ly  ""t- 
w  aid  /^tandardr-an  Inu-ard'  fear  and  jvofBhip  of  Almighty  G»d,  k  'l()\e 
"f  (Jlii;isi,  .tnd  a  sensibility  fo  l^oly  iiUlijeiiees,  a  habit 'of  devout  ^itlection; 
and'in  short,  a  tultivation  of  a.ll  thoaet grace's  vliieU"  ui"o  tJiiUod  jn  SA-i^- 
1ure/tli(4fruifs  of  tlig  Spirit^ 'and* l>y  Aviiicfi  ,a,loii<j^lis  sacred  inlfuences 
•   can  be  iitanifasfed.*     •    ».    '  .•'»•*.■»  ,  , 

;■  :>.  No  candidate*,  tor  Dcgictiu^  Oi'der^sfiall  tafce.ypDU  hiniseli  to"ver- 
!'>r-,f  jl,e  pylJicservice  of  tho  Chnrclf  but  hy  a  license  i'voni  tlu?  1»iishop,   ' 
or,  if,therc  be    no  'irishop,    from  the  clwiMl  nieniK>rs  of  'tj^e    Standin-v 
(.'ouiinittee,  of  fb&l)ioCe^.     And^neh  candidate  shall  submit  tt»  ali  the 
ref;ulatioik,  which  the  Xid*iof>,  pr  suid  .cjerfcal  ijienrbers,  uijiy   preseriixi 
]\fi  shall  not  use  the  absolBtiou  I'r   I'xyicdicrton ;  he  shall  liot  assume  tiic 
dress  api^ropriat*^  to  clergyjneivniinlstenii-g4ji  tji6.  ootl^^regatiou  ;  he-shall, 
conforiy  to  Uiedirectituis  of/ljtf  l7is]i«p,M\  said  clericjij  menvl)fers,  as   u' 
t  he  *ernion&  or  houtiliep  fo  be^-ea(f ;  nor  slifiU  »"y  w^'ieh  Lny  l^ea^ler   i!e 
liiier  sermons/'!'  his  own   coniYiosition,    bftt   ina/ liuxke /"addrel^ses  or  e.\ 
■Kft-fatmnsliy,  the   i)frmi*sion  of  tlie  Bishop  of  tlfce  Dlohese,  an^,  bylbi' 
fartlitr.i^crinjssiou  oi"  ^ic  min'^er  v\'  tlrt)  ]»-ari.sJi,  if  withly  th*e  lynits  n-; 
a  yarisl^    ;  '    ,  •'.".*■'    %^        '..•'• 

^^•*N'<>»o*andidfrtjC|/for  <^ri\ers  Rhall.be'perhiiM-e'd'to  acceplriroiu  agv 
1  )i<»ces!iu  Council  an  apj)oiiitm(*itt  ^s  a  iiay-P^ty  \,A  tljc  lloHis©  ol'  I  )ep  ' . 
uties^of  the  G(?iieral  Conifcir.  ••».*•  ,7  .^ 
■  ?  n. 'j^  cftmfidiTte  *f»rj)fact)LisJ 'Oilers  mnj,  an  le(tei»s  •dimis?'oj-y  I'm'ii 
iJie  Kcclcsiastical^\uthority  of-tHc  Dtocesc  toivhich  he  beloncst^lic  ta-aiTs 
I'erred  to,  tile  .|urisdicli()n.  vl'  aii^  IVisIioj)  in  tiiis  (^hn,ffdi-  anVlif  thei-e  I'r 
a  jrisliop  (,f  the  j)i9cesc  whei;d  tlie  candtdate^resides,  lie  shall  ajiply  lo 
'uo  ()thep-]Ushon  for.  (^l•(^inaliapl  withoul^  thq'p'crmission  "of  MlTe  J'ormer. 

I'fi.  N%  candid.'^te  sliall  cimnge  Jiis  canon'ical  residence  but  foi^  cnusfs 
siitiicienfin  tdie  jiidi^'mt'nt  iA'  the  Ceclcsiasticfll  A^ilhyrily;  mu- "s^li;!]]  aiiv 
randidale  b(j  disnifssed  fr.oni-4iie  I^ioceso  in  which  ho  AV:fs  adniitfed,M.r't"o 
which  •!(,e  haS  bapn  duly  trajisCerrcd,  for  th«.ccfrtve!uenco.of,;itteiiding  anv 
ihCoTo-ical  or  oraerscniiuiirv# -^  .     •'  .  •  r  ^'  "      * 

•    .     t  ;.  .    ;     "    ^    '•  •.  •"         •    ' 

^  Oji  mation,  the  iivop'^i^c-d   Ouiion  entitled  "  Of  AdiuilTcrl 
CiiiKiidatcs  fcti-  Bejuons'  Orders,';- av;.s  'mncudcdas  Ibllbws: 


^ 


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186  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.  [otli  Day. 

•  ♦ 

Section  2,  Strikins^  out  the  words  "v/li at  never  can  be 
br  Might  to  the  test  of  any  outward  standard"  in  the  2d  and 
3d  lines.  . 

Stdking  outthe  word  "  and  "•  after  Christ  in  the.  4th 
line. 

Striking  out  the  word  "  and  "  in  the'Bth  line. 

Section  3.  Adding  the  words  "in  which «uch  candidate 
ms.y  wish  to  perform  the  service"  after  the  word  "Dioce'se" 
in  the  4th  line. 

On  motion,  the  proposed  Canon,  as  amended,  was  adopted, 
and  ordered  to  be  transmitted  to  the  House,  of  Deputies.    , 

The  following  Messages  were  received  from  the  House 
of  Deputies. 

r 
iMKSgAGE    yo.    8. 

•The  Bouse  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  .liisliops,  that  it  has 
adopted  the  "Joint  Rules  of  Order,"  reported  by  the  ''Joint  Committee 
to  prepare  Joint  Jiulws  of  Order  t^o.  regulate  the  intercourse  of  the  two 
Houses.",         .   ••  '  •'##;. 

MESSAO#-N0.  '.  • 

*The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops,  that  it  has 
pa^isod  the  following,  Kesolntion  : 

Rss'^K&dy  Tluit  after  this  day  the  House  of  Deputies  take  a  recess  dailv 
iVom  SK)\'.]okck,  P.  V..,  to  7  o'clock  P.  ]\[. 

MKSSAO.E    NO.    10.  '  " 

.'The   House  of  Deputies   informs  the    House   of  Bishops,   that   it  has 
passed  the  following  Resolution: 

Rhfiohed,,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  that  the  following  Canon 
be  adopted :  •  . 

CANON  IV. 

OEMERAL  PUOyiSIOXri  AND  KEQUISITEo  POiC  OliDIXAnOX. 

j;  l!  No  Bishop  shall  ordain  any  candidate  until  he  has  inquired  of 
him  whether  he  has  ever,  directly  or  indirectly,  applied  for -Holy  Orders 
in  any  other  Diocese,  and,  if  the  Bishop  has  reasofi  to  believe  that  the 
'candidate  has  been  refifsed  'Holy  Orders  in  any  other  Diocese,  he 
shl,ll  winte  to.  tlie  Ecclesiastical  Authority  ^thereof  to  know  whether 
any  just  cause  exists  why  the  candidate  should  not  be  ordained.  When 
fiuy  Bisho])  rejects  an  application  for  Holy  Orders,  he  shall  immediately 
give-  notice  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  every  pioccse.    ■  . 

.5  2.'  DeaeoBs''  Orders  shall  not  be  conferred  on  any  person  until  he  shal] 
be  twent3'-one  years  old,  nor  Priests'  Ordsrs  until  he  shall  be  twenty- 
four  yefirs  old.  .       ■       '    *, 

•§  o,  "Every  candidate  for  Holy  Orders  who  may  lie  recoinmeuded  by 
the  St:iuding  Committee  of  any  DiocesJe  destitute  of  a  Ijishop,  if  he  have 
resided  fortiie  greater  part  of  three  years  last  past  within  the  Diocese  of 
A  Bisho]),  shall  apjdy  to  such  Bishop  for  ordination.  And, such  candi- 
date sinill  produce  the  usual  testimonials,  as  well  from  the  Committee  of 
the  Diocese  in  which  he  has  resided,  as  from  t*he  Committee  of  the  Dio- 
cese/or  which  he  is  t;p  be  ordained.  ■  ■  * 


•  «  • 


1863,]*  *•  feoySE  OF  BISHOPS.-     "  187 

• 

•  jj  4.'Ko  Bishop  ut  this  Church' shall  ordain  auy  persou  to  officiate  as 
n,  Priest  in  any  Obnsrrogation  or  Ohurfih  not  under  Episcopal  supervision, 
and  situated  beyond  the  jurisdiction  ot  these  Confederate  State?,  until 
he  shall  have  received  from  his  Standing  Committee  the  usual  testimony, 
founded  upon  siifScient  evidence  of  tiie  sanndness  in  the  faith,  and  of 
(he  pious  nnd  moral  character  of  the  applic;wit,  nor  until  he  has  been  ex 
amincd  on  the  studies  prescribed  by  the  Canons  of  this  Church;  and 
shrtuld  any  clertcyman,  so  ordained,  wish  thereafter  to  settle  in  any  corit 
nregation  of  this  Church,  he  must  obtain  a  special  license  tiierefor  from 
the  Bishop,  and  officiate  as  a  probationer  for  at  least  one  year. 

^  5.  Agreeably  to  the  practice  of  the  Primitive  Ohnrcli,  the  stated 
times  of  ordination  shall  bo  on  the  Sundays  following  the  Ember  weeks. 
Special  ordination  may  be  held  at  such  other  times  as  the  Bishop  shall 
appoint. 

On- motion  the  proposed  Canon  TV.  entitled   "General 
Provisions  and  Requisites  for  Ordination,"  was  adopted. 
"    The  following  message  was.  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies  : 

MESSAGE  XO.  11.. 

•The  House  of  Deputies  intbrmslhe  lionse  of  Bishops  that  it  has  passed 
the  followinfr  Resolution. 

Iitfsolvcd,  The  Hon^eof  Bishops  qpncurring,  that  the  foUoAving  Canon 
I)C  adopted  : 

Canon  v. 

i:\AMlXAT10.\S    ANp    TICSTlMOX^ALg  FOlf  DSACg^fi'  OUOEKS  A.Nl)  OKUIXATIOX. 

?  1.. 'Every  person  hereafter  to  be  ordained  Deacon  in  this  Church, 
shall  be  examined  by  the  Bishop  and  two  Presbyters,  on  Moral  Philos- 
•>iphy  and  Khetoric,  the  Holy  Scriptures  and  the  Book  of  Common  Pray- 
er, and  ^hey  shall  inqnire  into  his  fitness  for  the  niinistrations  declared 
in  the  Ordinal  to  a])i>ertain  to  the  office  of  a  Deacon,  atul  be  satisfied 
thercoi. 

S  2.  K  any  candidate  for  Deacons'  Orders  shall  not,  Avithin  three  years 
^•ifter  his  admission,  :ipply  to  be  ordained,  he  shall  cease  to  be  a  candi- 
date' unless  the  Bishop'sec  tit   fo  allow  longer  time. 

!5  55.  Xo  person  shall  be  ordained  Deacon  in  this  Church  until  he  shall 
Iiave  remained  a  cat^didate  for  Holy  Orders  at  least  one  year,  and  until 
he'fthall  exhibit  to  the  Bi'-lio])  testimonials  from  the  Standing  Committee 
of  the  Diocese  for  which  he  is  to  be  ordained,  which  shall  be  signed  by  a 
majority  of  all  the  Committee,  the  'Committee  being  ^uh'-  convened,  and 
whicli  .shall  be  in  the  following  words: 

"  Wc,  Avh6.>eiuvm8s  arc  hereuu<ler  written,  testify  tliat  A.  1>.  hatJi  laid 
before  us  salisfuctory  testimonials,  that  for  the  space  of  three  years  last 
!)ast;  he  hath  lived  ii'\onsly.  soberly  and  honoetly,  and  hath  not  -written, 
i-aught  or  held  ainytfiing  contrary  to  the  doctrine  or  discipline  of  the 
I'nileslant  Episcopal  Church  in  tho.Conl'ederate  States-  and,  moreovfi;, 
we  think  him  a  ]>erson  worthy  to    be  admitted  to  the  sacred  Order  of 

Deacons.     In  witness  whereof,  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands,  thif 

d.ay  of ,  in  the  ye.ar  of  our  t.,ofd ." 


138      JOURNAL- OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.    [.MhDay; 

§  4.' But  het'ore  a  Standiiig  Committee  shall  proceed  to  ve<'oiwineii(l» 
any  caudidate,  as  aforesaid,  to  the  "Bishop,  such  candidate  sh'all  ]iro<luce 
from. the  Minister  and  Vestry  of  the  Parish  where  lie  resides,  or  troni- 
LJie  Yestry  alone,  if  the  parish  be  vacant;  or,  if  there  lie  no  Vestry,  from 
at. least  six  resi)ectMble  perf^ons  of  this  Church,  testimonials  of  h[»  piety, 
good  morals  and'orderly  conduct,  in  the  following.words  ;  '  ■» 

""We,  whose  names  are  herennder  written,, do.  tfe^iify  from  cvidcfice 
•satisfactory  to  ns,  that  A.  B.,  for  the  space  of  three  years  last  jiast,  hath 
lived  piously,  soberly  and  honestly,  and  hath  not,  so  far  0,^  we  know  (n- 
believe,  written,  taught  or  held  anytliiugc'ontrary  to,the  doctrine  or  di.|- 
cipliiie  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Chmjch  in  the  Cojifcdcrai^  States; 
and,  moreover,  we  think  him  a  person  worthy,  to  hd  :ulm i tJeJ  i;o  thc'sa- 
cred'Order  of  Deacons.     In   witness  wliereot,  we  h.v'c  liereaiito  set-  our 

liauds,  this day  of •—,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  '-;-^." 

• 

He  shall  also- lay  before  the  Standing  Committee-  temtimonials  signed  by 
at  lea;?t  one   respectable   Presbyter  of  this  Olmrch,  which 'test! moni;flss 
shall  be  ill  the  following  v.'ords:       '  •  *  ,  ■.       ,    • 

'       ■"»        .,  » •       ■   • 

"1  do  certify  that  A.  B.,  for  the  spat'.e  -of  three_jen.rs   last,  past,    hnlli  ' 

]i'v(jd]uonsly,  sobej'ly  and  lionestly,  aiuLhatTi  not,  so  fat*  hs  Ikiuuv  »v  \)v- 
lieve, ^vritten,  tanglit  or  held  anyt-hing  contrary  to  the  doctiriae  or  discip- 
line of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Churcli  iii-the  Confederate  States;  ai'ui, 
inorover,  1  think  him  a  person  worthy  to  be  admitted  to  the  satrcd 'Order 
Deacons.-.  This  testimonial  is  foiiiided  on  .my  personal  knowledge  iif  flic 
said  A.  B.  for  one  year  last  past,  and  for  theresidue'of  the  s"aiti'timeup(Hi 
evidence  thatis  satisfactory 'to  me.     Hi  wit/iess*whereof,*J  have'liereuiitu 

set  my  IkmuI,  tliis day  pf  — — ,  in  the  year'^bf  our  Lprcl      ■'   .'^ 

,       v  "     '  ,  '■      "  '         ■■  •  ■    .    « 

^  af.  But  in.  case  a  candidate,  IVuni  sctuiii  ])eci;]iar  t'iiicnmsta'nd'os  nftt  al'- 
feeting  his  pious  or  moral  character,  shall  be  unable  'to  frocu'rc  t£stim(i-  , 
nials  from  the  Minister  and  Vestry  of  tlie  ])arish  wherein  he  reside*-,  t!ir 
Standing  Committee  may  accept  testimonials  Qf  tha  purport  tU?ove  slatcjil^ 
iVoni  at  least  twelve  respecta-ble-niembecs,  and  fryin  at  jcast  one-respecta- 
ble  Presbyter  of  tliis  Chu\;ch,  which_^last  has  been  persdiially  acljuaiulcil  . 
Avith  the  candidate"  for  at  least  one  year..    .        ,  ^    '    , 

<J  6.  Candidates   who,    no^  having  Episcopal"  prdii/aliun,    luiv'e  ;)uTif 
.■icknowledged  as  ordained   or  licensetl  i^iinistcrs  in'-^nw  denoniinatidii  (ji 
Christians,  may,  at  the  expiration  of  iiot-icss^thau  sixjiiontlis  from    thcii' 
admission  as  candidates,  be  ordained  Deacons,-' (5n-tlYeii-  pa''ssing  ilie    .-^anw 
examinations  as  other  candidates  for  Deacoiis*  Ordcvs,  awdoin  the  e.xani     ■ 
iuatioiLs,  sjiecial  regard  shall  be  had  to  those  points  in ''tv  hi  eh  tlit'  dc-ni»m- 
illation  whence  th&y  came  dill'ers  from  tliis  Churcli,  wi.tK  a, view  tif  tesl- 
iiig  tlieir  .information  and   souiK^ie^*;  in  the  sa'me,;.  and,  also,  oT 'ascer- 
taining that  they.jire  adequately  ac(iuainted  with  tho  Liturgy  anil  (ilMces 
of  tins    Church;  'Proridcd,   that  in  their  case  the  testimonials)  sliall  lie 
retpiired  to  'c5ver  only  the  time  since  tJieir  admissi*»n  a^  calidicVates  for 
Holy  Orders.         '      "  '   •  ,*' 

•§  7.' When  <'iuy  person,  not  a  citizen  of  tlie  Confeder.ate  Statos,  v,  iio 
tiasbeen  acknowledged  as  uii  ordained  or  licensed  nryiistcj"  in*'a!iy  d^- 
nojnin.itiori  of  i)hr?stians,i  , 'sliall  appty  for  Orders  in  this  Church,  the 
Bishop,  t/^^  Avhohtthe  a]iplication  is  ma(le,  shall  rc(nurc  of  him  (in  adtli- 
tion  t1^  tiie  above 'qualitications)  satisfactory  evidence  t^iafhe  has  fcsided 
at  least  one  year  in  tlie  Confederate  Stales*])revious»to']iis  api)licatioii.    . 


1862.J  "  HOUSE  OF  J5I8HOP.S.  139 

On  iiiolioii,     '  •  ..-y 

lit'nobc'H,  Thnt  Canon  V.  eiititlcid  '•  KxainiiiiUums  and  Tosliiiionials  ibr 
Dcacoii^'  Ordoi's  and  Ordinutioii  ""as  conveyed  to  this  House  in  Me«sajre 
No.  ]  I  of  tlic  lipiise  of  •l)el1lltic^J,  1>o  adopted,  with  the  foUowi/ic;  atucnd- 
inents: 

Skotion  •^.  Strike  out  all  after  tlie  words  '-ccaso  to  be  a  oauvlidatc," 
and  add  "anU  unless  tllc  liisjioj)  shall  see  lit  to  allou' longer  time,  he 
sliall  notifvTsim,  in  w;rit,iiiir,-  that  Le  is.  no. longer  a  i-andidato,  and  sliall 
itnnicdi-atcly  give  notice  of  thfe  saiu«'tothc  \Ecelcsiastical  Autlioraty  of 
every  Diocese.'''  '      • ' 

Skction  u.  Strilco   cnit.'^lio    words    "from    at  least"' in   the    r)th  line, 

anct  also  the  Nvords  "  which  last  h!is"  and  insert  "  which  Prcshvlei'  shall 

have.*"'    •       '    , 

•    .  •  "1 

,  .Tlio--i"oltcwviiio-  lucssago  was  received  from  the  llovise  of 

Deinitics :        •      '        •  ^ 

M^i.^.VGE    XO.     111.  » 

The*  llo.nse  of  T)epu*tipa  informs  the  House. ' 0, Bislioi'S,' llist  if  ha- 
passed  the  follqwiiig  Resolution  :  ,      .'.     •        .     "  • 

HcMhcil,  The  House  of  Bishops  concuri-in;:,  that  the  fallowing  Canon 
lie  adopted: 

..        '  CAON  VK      • 

•     •  ,,  or  PeXconp. 

.  ?  I.  JCvcr^'  Ileacon  slK^lj'he  subject  to  the  rcgul5,tion'of  the  Bishop,  oi^ 
if  theBo  be  no  Bisljop,  of  the  cleneal  meniliers  of  the  Standing  Conimit,- 
lee  of  the  Diocese  for  which  he  is  ordained,  until  lio  receive  letter.«i  t!im- 
issoi'v  to  the  L^clesi;vstical  Authority  of  sonic  other  Dit)cese,  ,nnd  bo 
tliereupon  received  as  a  Clergyman  of  suidi  othet'  Diocese;  and  he  sliall 
Klh^iate  in  such  places  as  the  Bishoir,  Or  the  said  clerical  members,  mav 
direcji  •'    '   ^     ,    v     •  ■.'-...." 

'■}%  Xo  Deacon  shall  bo  settle(>over  a  rarish*  or  Congf ejjatiofi ;  nor 
sflall  any  Deacon  othciflt<* in  any  l^ailsh  or  ^ongrogation,  without  the 
express' conseiU  ^^f  the  l{ector^<>r  t!i«  time  lieing,  where  there  is  a  Hec- 
tor;'  nor  in  any  case  A\'ithout^tho  assent  of  tiie  Bishop;  ;ind  wlien  ofti 
cin^ing  in  ihe  Parish  (»r  Congregation  o'f  a  IJoctor,  he  shall  be  en^rely 
subj(cct  to  thedii-gction  of  sucli  Re\«t(M"in  all  his  ministrations. 

^  o.  Xo  Deacon- sb«ll  be  transfera^ed to  another  T)ioccse  without  tlie 
written  request  of  t!;c  Bishop,  tw  •Avhose  Jurisdiction  he  is  to  'be  trans- 
I'erred.  .  .         '        ' 

•  On  iriotion,    »•  , 

Jicsolrcil,  Tliift  Canon  VI.. eniiiKd  "of  I'eacons/' us  conveyed  to  tiii? 
House  in  McssagoXo'.  12  from  tlie  Hoii^e  of  Deputies  be  adopted. 

T[\(i  fi>]lo\v.ing  \Nrcssagcs»  ^verc  .received  from  the  House 
oi". Deputies:.  ,•  .    .  , 

.MF.SSA(fF,  NO.   13.    '        ' 

t 

The  Hynse  oT  Deputic  inforius  the  House  of  Bishops  thnt  it  has  paspcti 
thft  following  resolution :  '  •  '  ■' 

RfuDfinf.  That  the  se^veral  ameniJnierits  t«n  the  Camui,  mtitled  •''On 
t!ie  Mode  of  Securing  :mi  .\cc.nrato»  View  of  the  State. of  the  Church,"' 
as  conyeved  t,o  tliis'Hoiwi  •in  Mc-^sagc  Xo.  ?lV(>m  the  HoJise  of  Bisjiop:- 
be  acceded  to.        » 


140  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GEITERAL  COITKOIL.  [5th  Day. 

MESSAGE   NO.    14. 

The  Honse  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops,  that  itjias  passed   ,' 
the  follovriiifr  Resohition  :  ■ 

Revived,  That  the  several  araendmeuts  to  Cauon  HI.  as  conveyed  to 
this  House  in  Message  No.  8  from  the  House  of  Bishops  beacceded^to. 

MESSAGE  NO.   Ift^  '  •         ' 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs   the-  House -of  Bishop.?,  that  it  has,  ■ 
passed  the  foilov/ing.  resolution  :  ■ 

Ee^oUed,  The  House  ot  Bishops  concurring,  th.'^t  the  following  Canon 
be  adopted : 

CANON  Vli. 

ORDINATIOX  TO   THE  PEIESTHOOD. 

^  1.  Whenever  a  Deacon  shall  determine  to  proceed  to.P^-iests'  'Orders', 
he  shall  give  to  the  Bishop  written  notice  of  such  intc-ntion ;"  whereuppu 
the  Bishop  shall  record   the  notice  in  a  book  to  bo  kept  by  hira  for  this 
purpose,  and  shall  appoint  and  direct  the  studies  of  the  Deacon  accord-     - 
ijigly    ■ 

i  2.  Every  Deacon  desirinj;  to  receive  Priests'  Orders  shall  SLaHd"three 
different  examinations,  at  such  times  and  ])laces  as  the  Bishop,  to  whom 
he  applies  for  Holy  Orders,  shall  appoint.  The  examination  shall 
take  place  in  the  presence  of  the  Bishop  and  two  or  mor8»  Prtjis- 
byters.  Tlie  first  examin«itioii  shall  be  on  thq,  books  of  Scripture, 
the  candidate  being  required  to  give  an  account  of  the  ditTl-renf  books, 
to  translate  from  the  original  Greek  and  Hebrew,  and  to  explain  such 
passages  as  may  be  proposed  to  him.  The  second  examination  shall  be 
on  the  evidences  of  Christianity  and  Systematic  Divinity,  and  fhe  last  • 
examination  shall  be  on  Church  History,  Ecclesiastical  Polity,  the  Book  * 
of  Common  Prayer,  and  the  Constitution  and  Canons  of  the  Church,  and 
o  :  the  Diocese  for  which  he  is  to, be  ordained.  He  shall  be  examined 
also  as  to  his  knowledge  of  the  Latin  tongue,  and  of  such  studies  aS  the 
Bishop  shall  have  prescribed  for  hira.  At  each  of  the  forementirined 
examinations  he  shall  produce  and  read  a  sermon  or  disot)urse,  composed 
by  himself,  on  some  pasaage  of  acripture,  previously  assignc'l  to  -liiiii. 
which,  together  with  two  other  sermons  or  discourses  on  some  passage  or 
passages  of,  Scripture  selected  by  himself,  shall  be  subinilted  to  the  criti- 
cisms of  the  Bishop  and  clergy  present;  and,  beforeiiis  ordination,  lie 
shall  bo  required  to  perform  such  exercises  in  reading,  in  rfie  presence  of 
the  Bishop  and  Clergy,  as  may  enable  them  to  give  hihi  such  advice  am! 
iiistructixjns  as  may  aid  him  in  perfonjiing  the  services  of  the.  Churcli, 
and  delivering  his  sermon?:  v/itli  propriety  and  devotion. 

§  3.  When  a  Deacon,  applying  to  be  admitted  to  Priests'  Orders,  vrishes 
knowledge  of  the  Latin,  Creek  and  Hebrew  languages,  and  other  branches  • 
of  learning  not  strictly  eccle^iastical,  to  be  dispensed  with,  the  Standing 
('ommittee  shall  not  recommend  him  for  Priests'  'Orders  until  h(i'  shall 
have  laid  before  them  a  testimonial  signed  by  at  least  two  Presbyters  of  . 
ibis  Church,  stating  that,  in  their  opinion,  he  possesses  extraordinary 
strength  of  natural  understanding,  a  peculiar  aptitude  to  teach'  and  a 
large  share  of  prudence;  and  the  Bishop,  with  the  consent  of  the  Standi 
ing  Committee,  shall  have  gi-anted  the  dispensation.  But  in  regard  to  a 
knowledge  of  the  Hebrew  language,  the  Bishop  shall  have  thelole  powtir 
of  dispensation.  .  *  * .     . 

j  4.  In  a  Diocese- where  there  is  no  Bishop,  the  Deacon  shall  be  exam-   . 
ined  by  the  Bishop  to  Avhora.  he  applies  for  Holy  Orders,  and  by  two  or 
more  Presbyters  appointed  for  that  pur])ose,  by  the  said  Bishop. 
•  •  « 

♦ 


1802.]  »  HOUSE,  OF  BISHOPS.  '        *  141 

§  5.  No  person  shall  te  ordained  a  Priest  in  this  ChurcU  until  he  shall 
Imve  exhibited  to  the  Bishop  testimonials  from  the  standing  Committee 
of  the  Diocese  for  which  he  is  to  he  ordained,  which  testimonials  shall  hn 
signed  with  the  na-iTies  of  a  majority'  of  all  the  Committee,  the  Commii- 
(oe  l>eihg  duly  convened,  and  shall  be  in  the  following  words : 

"We,  whose  names  are  under-written,  merahers  of  the  Standing  Cora- 
initteeof  the 'Dio^ese  of ,  do  testif}'  that  the  Rev'd  A.  !>.,  Dea- 
con, hath  laid  before  ns  satisfactory  testimonials,  that  iov  the  space  of 
three  years  last  past,  he  iinth  lived  ])iouHly,  soberly  and  honestly,  and 
hath  not  written,  tauglit  or  held  anything  contrary  to  the  doctrine  or.dis- 
cipline  of  the  l^rotestant  Episcopal  Chnrch  iu  the  Confederate  States; 
and^  rnorover,  we  think  him  a  person  worthy  to  be  admitted  to  the  sacred 
Order  of  Priest*:.  In  witness  whereof,  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands 
this ■  day  of ,  in  the  year  of  our   Lord Z' 

.  But  before  the  Standing  Comnuttee  shall  proceed  to  recommend  any 
•Deacon,  as  aforesaid,  to  the  Bishop,  such  Deacon  shall  produce  from  the 
Minister  and  Vestry  of  the  Parish  where  he  resides,  or,  if  the  Parish  be 
vacant,  from  the.  Vestry  alone,  testimonials  of  his,  piety,  good  morals  and 
orderly  conduct,  in  the  following  words:    . 

"We,  whose  names  are  -hereunder  Written,  do  testify  that  the  Rev'd 
A.  B.,  Deacon,  hath,  for  the  space  of  three  years  last  past,  lived  piously, 
soberly,  and  honestly,  and  hath  not,  so  far  as  we  know  or  believe,  written, 
taught  or  held  anything  contrary  to  the  doctrine  or  discipline  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Confederate  States ;  and,  moreover, 
we  think  him  "a  person  worthy  to  be  admitted  to  the  sacred  Order  of 
Priests."  In  witness  whereof,  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands  this 
day  of ,  in  the  year  of  iur  Lord  — ' ." 

lie  shall  ateo  lay  before  the  Standing  Conimittee  testimonial's  signed  by 
;tt  least  one  respectable  Presbyter  of  this  Church,  in  the  following  form  : 

■  "I  do  certify,  that  the  Rev'd  A.  B.,  Deacon,  has,  for  the  space  of  three 
years  last  past,  lived  piously,  soberly  and  honestly,  and  has  not,  so  far  as 

■  F  know  or  believe,  written,  taught  or  held  anything  contrary  to  the  doc- 
trine or  discip.ine  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Confederate 
States;' and,  morover,  I  think  him  a  person  worthy  to  be  admitted  to  the 

^  sacred  Order  of  Priests.  This  testimonial  is  founded  on  my  personal 
■knov\-ledge  of  the  said  Rev'd  A.  B,,  Deacon,  for  one  year  last  past,  and 
•for  the  residue  of  the  said  time  upon  evidence  that  is  satisfactory  to  me. 

in  witness   whereof,  I   have  hereunto  set  my  hand  this — day  of 

» — j  in  thtf  year  of  our  Lord .'' 

iC).  But  in  case  an  ai)plicant  for  Priests'  Orders  shall,  from  peculiar 
circumstances,  not  affecLing  his  pious  or  mor.-l' character,  be  unable  to 
procure  testimonials  from  the  Minister  and  Vestry  of  the  Parish  where 
lie  resides,  or  in  Case  Of  there  being  no  Vestiy,  the  Standing. Committee 
m:!y  accept  testimonials  of  the  purport  above  stated  from  at  least  twelve 
respectable  members,  and  I'rom  at  least  one  respectable  Presbyter  of  the 
this  Chnrch,  who  has  been  personally  acquainted  with  the  candidate  for 
at  least  one  year. 

On  motion,  .     ^      ♦  . 

Resohed,  That  Canon  VII.  entitled  ''Ordination  to  the  Priesthoofl," 
'  as  conveyed  \so  this   House  in  Message  No.  15  of  the  House  of  Deputies 
be  adopted  vrith  the  following  amendment: 


•    • 


142  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COITNCTL.  [5.tbDay. 

Section  3.  Strike  out  the  wonls  "extranxlinary  strength  of  nafurnl 
understanding"  in  th^sixtli  line. 

The  foUowinsr  Messa2*e' was. received  fi'oia  the  House  o\' 
D<epnties :  ^  ■'. 

MES3A(3E  3*0.  Ifi. 

The  House  of  Deputies  iurormstlie  House  of  Bi^r-hojis,  (hat  it  has  passed 
tlie  I'allou'ing  resolution  : 

li'esolved,  The.Hpuse  of  LUioj)-;  (■(.iioiininir,  thaftlje  fulhiwiujj  (.'anoii 
he  adopted  :  > 

'     '  OAX'OIsYin. 

OF  THE    ADMISSION  OF  MIXISTHIIS  ORnAlNKD  UY    r.lSTJOPS  XOT  f^''    (  0^rVl^XIOX 

^VITII    THIS  CHUJJCm      •  '-^    ^  » 

AVheu  a  Deacon  or  Priest,  ordained- l)y  a  Bishop  not  in  eonirnuninn  with 
this  Church,  shall  apply  tb  a  Bishop  fur  admission 'into  the  smne  as  a 
minister  thereof,  he- shall  produce  a  written  certiticate  from  at  least  two  . 
Presbyters  of  this  Church,  statinjjthat,  from  ^jersonal  krtowledge  of  Ijim, 
or  satisfactory  evidence  laid  before  them,  tliey  believe  that'liis  desire  to 
leave  the  communion  to  -which  he  lias  belonged  has  not  arisen  from  any 
circumstance  unfavorable  to  his  moral  or  religious  character,  or  on 
account  of  which  it  may  be  inexpedient  to  admit  him  to  tlie  exercises  of 
the  ministry  in  this  Church  ;  and  he  shall  also,  not  less  than  six  mouths 
after  his  application,  in  the  presence  of  the  Bishop  and  two^or  more 
Presljyters,  subscribe  the  declaration  contained  in  Article  IX.  of  the  Con- 
stitution; which  being  done,  _the  Bishop,- being  satisfied 'of  his  theologi- 
cal acquirements,  may  receive  him  as  such  inuiister.  •f 

Oil  motion, 

JResoh-ed,  That  Canon  VIII.  entitled  "Of  tlie  Admission  of  Minister!=. 
Ordained  by  Bishops  not  in  Communion  with  this  Church^''  as  conveyed 
to  this  House  in  Message  No.  16  from  the  Hyusfe  of  Deputies  be  adopted. 

'     The  .following  message  was  received  from  the  House  ol" 

Deputies :  ^ 

MESSAGE   NO.    17. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops,  that  it  lias  passed 
the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  that  tlie  f()l]owing  Canon 
l;e  adopted  : 

CANON  IX. 

OF  MINISTERS  ORDAIXF-D    IX  FOREIGX'  COUNTEIES    By  BISHOPS  IX'    CO?,IMrXIOX 
WITH  THIS  CHURCH. 

I  1.  A  clergyman  comiug  from,  a  foreign  country,  and  professing.to 
liave  been  ordained  out  of  the  Confederate  States  by  a  foreign  Bishop  in 
communion  witii  this  Church,  or  by  a  Bishop  consecrated  for  a  I'oreign^ 
country  by  Bishops  of  this  Church  under  Article  XI.  of  the  Constitution," 
or  by  a  Missionary  Bishop  elected  to  exercise  Episcopal  functions  in  ain-^ 
place  or  places  out  of  the  Coutederate  States,  shall,  l)efore  lie  be  permit- 


\ 


;• 


1802.1  nOUSK  OF  BI^OPS.      "  ■  14  S 

led  to  oinciate  in  any'Parish  or  Congi-egation,  exhibit,  to  the  Mhiister,  or, 
if  there  be  no  Ministea-,  to  the  Yestr/ thereof, 'a  certilifate  signed  by  tlie 
IHsIio]!  of  the  Diocese,  or.  if  there  be  no  IVisliop,  by  the  Staiictingr  Com-, 
iiiitteedidy  cofiAiened,  that  liis  letters  of  Holy  Orders  are  autlientic,  and 
yiven  by  some  Bishoj)  fii  coiuniiinion  with  tliis  Chnrcli,  and  whoi^e 
anthority  is  ackTio*vlodfi;ed  hy  this  Ohnrch  ;  and,  also,  that  he  hns  exhil)i 
te^d  to  tl^e  Bisho]'  or  Standini?  Oom"inittee  sAtit;faetory  evidence  of  lii-; 
liionsajiii  tnoral  charaftjer,  and  of  his  theological  acqnirenients  •  and,  in 
.•yiy  oase,  l)efore  he  shall  W  permitted  to  settle  in  any  Ohureh  or  Parisli. 
wj-  be  received  int«!»  union  v  ri,]i  any  Diocese  of  this  Olinrch  iis  a  minister 
I  hereof',  he  shal]  ]n-odnce  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  thereof,  lettei-s 
(luijissory  inider  tlie  hand  and  seal  of.  the  Bishop  with  wJiose  Diocese  he 
•lias  been  last:  couutiG.t^d<  wliich  letters  shall  be,  in  substance,  those  pro- 
\idedibrin  S^etioli  7  of  Oanon  ll.*of  Title  II.,  and  shall  be  delivered 
within  six-  luonth^  from  the  date  thereof;  and  wlien  such  clergyman  shall 
have  beeii  so  received,  he  shall  be  considered  as  liaving  passed  enlu-elv 
from  the  jurisdiction  of  the  IVishoj)  from  whom  the  letters  dimissorv  werl; 
hrought,  lo  the  full  jurisdiction  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  bj'whom 
they  shiiir  have  been  accepted,  unci  become  thereby  subject  to  all  the 
canonical  provisioiis  oi"  this  Church:  ProriJcJ^  that  no  such  clergym.nn 
shall  bolo  recei\red  into  nnion  with  auy  Diocese  until  he  shall  liave  sub 
scrilied,  in  the  presence  of  the  Bisho]i  of  the  Diocese  in  which  he  an])lies 
\'ijr  reception,  and  of  two  or  more  Presbyters,   the  declaration  contained' 

.  in    Article  J -\'.  of  the    Const itntion  ;  -which  being  done,    .suid    Bishoi)(ii' 
Standing  Coyimj|teTe,  being  satisfied  of  his  theological  actjuirements,  jnav 
receive  him  into  uuiou  with  this  (.Unircli  as  a  minister  of  tlie  same:    /'ro 
r'hlea,  aha,  tluit;  8uch  minister  siiall  not  be  entitled  to  settle  in. any  I'arish 
nr  C'liurc-li,    as  cSuonically  iu  charge  of  the  same,  until  he  shall,  subse 
ijueutly,to  the  acceI)tauoe  t)f  his  letters  dimissory,  have  reskled  one  year 

■  in  the  Confederate' States.  '• 

^2.  An'd  if  such  foreign' clergyman  be  a  Deacon,  he  shall  obtain  in 
this  country  the  requisite  testimonials  of  character,  before  lie  he  ordained 
:i  Iciest. 

Oiiinotioii, 

Misoh-ed,  That  Canon  IX-.  entitletl  ''Of  ^linisters  Ordaiued  in  Foreign 
i'luintries  by  liisliops  in  Communion  with  this.Churcii,''  as  coliveyed  "to  ' 
Ihi^  House  in  Message  No'  17  from  the  House  'of-  Deputies,  be  adopted. 

,  ,  The  Mlowing  niessa^ft  from  tlifi  House  of  Deputies  Avas 
recoTvet\j    '  •        • 

•lK.-<S.\(iEXO.  IS.     . 

Tl^QilJousoaf  De'iwties  informs  the  House  of  Bishops,  that  it  hns  pa^«?d 
the  following  resoluticMi: 

luMlvctK  Jha  House  of  Bishoiwi  concurring,  that  the  following  words, 
'''I'itlef.  Of  Caiwlidatoehi])  and  Ordination,"  be  prellxed  to  the' Canons 
adoj)l<^l  by  this  House,  and  conveyed  to  the  House  of  Bishoiis,  andnum- 
•h.TcVl,  !.,  n.,  HI.,  J  v.,  v.,  VI.,  VJI..   VIII..  IX. 

Oil  iiiotiou, 

liVHoheil,  That  this  House  concurs  with  the  House  of  Dejmties  in  pre- 
tixiiig  the'word.s,  "Tifcle  I,  Of  (^andidateship  and  Ordination,"  to  Canons 
[.,  1L,1II.,  IV.,  v.,  Vt,  VII.,  VIII.,  Lt.  adopted  by  this  House 

On  niotioii  tlie  House  adjourileil. 


144  JOURNAL  OF  THV.  GENERAL  COUNCIL.       [nth  Pny. 

SIXTH  DAY'S  SESSION. 

Thursday,  IN'oyemeer  IStr,  1862. . 
Tlie  House   met  pursnant   to  adjonrnmenl.     Present   as  , 
yesterday. 

The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 
The  following  message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies: 

MESSAGE  NO.  19.- 

The  Tloiise  of  Deputies  informs  tiia  House  viT  Bisliops  that  it  liaspasr,ecf . 
tlie  following:  resolution  : 

Resolved^  The  House  of  Bishops  coucurring,  that  tlie  following?  Canon    . 
he  adopted  -^ 

CANON  L 

TIIK  CONSENT  NECESSARY  FOE.  OFFICIATING. 

*  §1.  1^0  Minister  shall  officiate,  transiently  or  otherwise,  in  a  Congre- 
gatipn  or  vacant  Parish,  or  in  one  the  Rector  or  Minister  of  which  is  sick 
or  absent,  unless  the  Wardens,  Vestiy  or  Trustees  of  the  Congregation 
are  satisfied  that  he  is  at  the  time  an  Episcopally  ordained  Minister  in 
good  and  regular  standing.  When  from  another  Diocese,  letters  com- 
mendatory from  the  Ecclesiastical 'Authority  tliereof  may  he  required. 

On  motion, 

.  Jiexdlced,  That  Canon  L  of  Title  IL  entitled,  "  The  Consent  Ni^cessary 
■for  officiating,"  as  conveyed  to  this  House  in  Message  No.  19  from  the 
House  of  Deputies,  be  adopted,  with  the  following  amendment:  ,' 

.That  a  second  section  be  added,  to- wit.: 

"Section  2.  Any  Bishop  may,  at  liis  discretion,  license  any  suitable 
person  to  act  as  a  lay-reader."' 

The  following  message  was  received  fi'om  the  House  of 
.  Deputies  : 

MESSAGE  NO.    20.  ■  ■ 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  haspass(^d, 
the  following  resolution  :  . 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  that  the  following  Canon. 
be  adopted:  • 

•'  CANON  n. 

GENEKAL    REGULATIONS    OF    MINISTERS. 

*  §  1.  [L]  It  is  hereby  required  that,  on  the  election  of  a  Minister  into 

any  Church  or  Parish,  the  Vestry  shall  deliver,  or  cause  to  be  delivered, 
to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the  Diocese,  notice  of  the  same  ia  the 
following  form  : 

"We,  the  Church  Wardens,  {or,  incase  of  an  Assistant  Minister,  we,  the 
Rector  and   Church    Wardens)  do  certify  to  the  Rt.  Rev'd  {naming  the 
Bishop)  or  to  the  Rev'd  {naming  the  President  oj  the  Standing  Committee)    . 
that  {naming  the  person)  has  been  duly  chosen  Rector  (or  assistant  Min- 
ister, as  the  case  may  Jf,)_of  (naming  the  Parish  or  Church.^'') 


Wliicli  (.•ertiticati.' sliall  lio  aiguoJ  v.ii!    , 

,    [2.]  li"  the  Ecclosins^icnT  ^tiifliority  bo  s;i;it;flctT  that  the  jiorfiuu  so  r^u 
son  is  a  qualilioitl  ^linistorof  tliis,Chm-oh,  t!ie  said  EoSo.-^astical  Author- 
ity shall  transmit* tlie  said  cortilicalc  to  the  Secretary  ot  tl*  (Council,  who 
sliall  record  it  u}  a  hooFf  to  he  kci>t  hy  hlui  for  thsit  iMiriioso. 

[:}.]  And  if  the  ]\Iiiustet-,l)e  a  Presbyter,  tiie  EccleRuxsticarAutliurilj, 
may,  at  the  iiistancoof  the  Vestry^  V"*^^"'-'^*!  to  hitve  him  jris*titute<|  aecord- 
iii*  to  thcplllce  established  bf  this- Church,  if  that  OlH^c  be  i;sed  in  the 
Diocese.  ThisprovisionjConcerniiiiJ!;  tlie'nse  of  the  Ollicc  oi  Institution,  ■ 
is  not  to  be  considered  as_  applying- to  any  Cong#'i,''"iti""  i^'-'-''fit"te  of  a 
House  of  Avorship.    .  . "  *  '  ^  •  . 

■  .4^  2.  Ko  ^rinister,  removing  from  one  PiocoSc  or  jR.issionary  l>istri('t  to 
another,  shall  ofliciate  as  tjio  Roctor,  Stated  Minister,  or. Assistant  Minis, 
terfif  any  Parish  or  Oonsr'egafcionof  t!i(?l)i(Jceso  orijistrict  to  whicU  If 
removoB,  until  he  shall    have  ol>tained  from  the  l^clesiastjcal  Afifluiritv 

a  cortiticate  in  tlic  words  followiutr:-  •■  . 

.  '  '    »  • 

"1    licroby  certify  that  tlK;  lve\v  A.  B.  liaa.Veeu  canoi,itcally.  tra\is'ferr„J 

•to  my  jurisdictioi^aad  is  q,"  ;Ministcr  in  rcgulai'  ataudiiig.'"  '  '.  •         . 

*  ■     •        •      ■  .  •  w*  • 

«•  S3.  The  Alms  ^nd  Contributions    at   tlio  ftdministrjvtion  of  trhe*iro]y' 
Communion    shall  be  deposited  with  the  Minister  of  the  Parish,  ov  ivith 
such  Church  otHccr  as  sh^l  bo  appointed   bj-^  him,  to  bo  apjdiod  by   tliu. 
Minister,  or'uiider  Lis  superintendence, -to .such  pious  and  charitable  ilscs 
as  shali  by  hin'i  bo  tliought  lit.  •\'  /  . 

'  iJ4.  [l.J    It  shall  be  the  duty  of  IMinistcrsto  prepare  young  persons  and, 
others  for  the  holy  ordinance  of  Conllrmation.     Aiyl  on  notice  being  re- 
ceived from  the  Bishop,  of  his  intent  u\ji  to  visit  any  Church  fin-  the  yur-. 
|)oso  of  adininistcring  thai  rite,  vv'hich  notice  shall  be  at  least  one  jno.nth  " 
lieforo  the  intefidod  visitation,"  the  Minister  shall  give  innnediate  notice  to' 
his  parishioners,  individually,  as  npportiiiijty  may  oiler,  and  also,  to  the  ' 
Congregation  on  the  first  occasion  of  public  w'orship  after  tho  roc(Jiptof 
said  notice.     And  he  sliall  be  ready  to  present  for  Conjiiynation'  such  yer- 
ijons  as  he  shall  think  properly  <|ualilied,  and  shall  delivf'r  to  the,  Piishop 
a  list  of  the  naifteS  ol  those  conlirmed.-  .  •    • 

.   [-2.]  And  at  every  visitation  tho  Minister  and'Clianih  Wardens,  or'Ves 
try,  shalUay  before  tlie  Bishop,  if  reriuired,  tho  Parish  recoVds,  and  give 
iut'ormation  to  him  of  the  state  of  the  Congregation,  under  such  head^  as 
shall  have  been  committed  to  tllcm  in  the  notice  jij-iven  as  aforesaid.    *      • 

|8.]  And  further,  the  iliuistcrs  and  Chiirch- Wardens  of  such  Cou^rcr 
gationsas  cannot  be  conveniently^  vii^ted  ni  uny  year,  shall  bring  or  send  • 
•to  tho  Bishop,  at  the  stated  lUjOeti'ng  of  the  Council  of  thed)i^ccse.,  itrfor- 
inat,ion  o^'  tho  state  of  tho  Congregation,"  under" sucfi  heads  tis  shall  have 
boon  committed  to  them  at"  least  ifno-  month  lieforo  tjie  moetijig  6f  the 
Council.  •  .  • 

f  T).  [1.]  Every  Minister  of  tl'is  Clmrch  shall  keep  a  register  of  bap- 
tisms, confirmations,  cominunicanfg,  maa-riages  and  funerals,  wifhin  iiis* 
I'uro,  agreeably  to  such  rules  as  imiy  bc-provid^d  liy  tho* Council  of  the 
Diocese  where  his  cure  lies;. and  if  none  such  be  prjovicled,  then  in  swK 
maniior  as  in  liis  discretion  he  shall  tlunk  best  .suited  \,o  tho  uses  of  such 
a  register.  ^  *     ..      v      •  ,  •• 

[2.]  The liitentiou  of  th(?  .Register  of  Raptfenis  is  hcrcbj  declared  i  ■ 
be,  n^  for  oth<jr  *ggbd  uses,  so  cspep iftlly  foV  the  proving  of  the  ryrht  ot 
the  ChurcV-iiicmbershii»of  tlioso  who  may  have.  Iioeiifldiflitted  .into  tJii'i 
Church  liy  the  holy  ordinance  of  Btiptisuh 

•10 


>  , 


1 


[3.]  iiiVery  Minister  of  this  Church  sMall  mfiko  ont  .■:.  '  i.   ;:t  ,;.;,;■, :.  s :,  ;■ : 
l>rnction:blc,  a  list  of- all  families -nrid  adult  pefTKons  v.  i ;:;':;  .'.':   (  'iv,  v,  L'k 
wi^i  all  other  Parish  rccbrtls  in  liis  ':       '  <     ■'  vM^  in  case  of  his  removal,^ 
be  ontrustcil  to  the/Wardens  of  the  (  -  'V'^riiain  for  the  use  of  his 

successor,  to' 1)0  continued  by   him  ana    i^" ''vevy  future  Minister  of  the 
same  Parish.  •  ,  *'  a* 

§0.  [1.]  No  Minister  belonp;mg-  to  this  Oi:y.if(4i,  shall  officiate,  either 
by  preaching,  rea4ing  prayers  or  othe^\;ise,  in  tiie  Parish^  or  vt^thin  tlie 
parochial  cure  of 'another  clergyman,  withont  tiro  consent  of  the  ilinisUer 
of  the  Parish  or  cure,  or,  iii  his^abse'nce,  of  the  Church  •  Wardens  and 
Vestrymen,  or  Trustafcs  of  the;  Congregation,  or*a  majority  of.  them.     . 

[-2.]  If  any  Minister  of  this  Church,  from  inability  or.  other  cause,  fail 
to  perform  the  reguhtr  serNdces  in.  his  Congregation,   and  refuse,  Nyithoi^t  • 
good  can^e,  his  consQiTt  to  the  ofiiGiating-t)f  any  other   Minister   of  this    , 
Church  within  his  qure,  the  C-hul-ch  Wardens,"  Vestryman  or  Tnfstees  of 
such  Congregation  slialj,  on  proof  of  such  failure  or  /efusal  before  thQ 
Ecclesiastical   Authority,  .or  before  suc^  persons   as  lutiy   be   deputed 
thereby,    or  before  such  persons  as  may  bt;,  by  -the  regulations  of  this 
Church  in  any  Diocese^  vested  with  the  powei-  of  hearing  and  deciding 
on  complaints  against  Clergj-men,  have  ppwer,'  Vi''ith,tlMe 'written  consent' 
of  the  before-mentioned  autliority,   to  opfen'the  dbors  of  their  Church  tp, 
au}'- regular  Minister  of  this  Clmrcli.  -    .   •'  " 

i^  7.  [1.]  A  Minister  of  this  Church  rcmovin^w.ithin  the  jurisdiction  of 
any-  Bishop  Or  other  Ecclesiastical  Anthoritj,  «hall,,  in  owler  to  gain 
canonical  residence  within  the  -sanje,  present  to  'E.aid  "Ecclesiastical 
Authority  a  testimonial  from  the  Edclesiastical  Authority  Af  the  Diocest 
or  ^Missionary  District  in  which  he  last  resided,  whjch  testimotii'al 
sliall  set  fortii  Ms  trub  standing  and  clfaraater.  'Bli^  tefitiyioaial  uiay  bui. 
in  the  following  ViMwds:  *  •  ^«         .  '  , 

"  I  hereby  certify  that  A:  P.,  v.'ho  has  signified  t<j  in^j,Jn5  desire  to  i>e 
transferred  to  the  Ec.clesiastical  Autliority  o'f  — =—- — — ,  is  a  Presbyter  (or 

iJeacoji)  of ; — ;-,  -in  ri^^ular  siandijig*    and  has  n^t,.  so  far  as  ,1> 

know  or  believe,  been  justly  liable  to  evil  report,  for  error  in  rgligion  or 
vicibusness  of  liffe,  for  three  years  last*pafet."  ' .  '  •  •" 

All  such  testimouials  shall  be  cajled'LetteiH?  'Dimlssory.* 

[2;j  No  such  letters  shall  alle^t  a' Minister's  canonical  residence,  until^ 
after  liaving  been  presented  according  to  adtkess,  tliey^'hall  iffeVe'been 
accepted,  and  notilication  of  suich-  afeceptancb.  given  tf)  the  authority 
.whunco  it.  proceeded.  The  residence. of  the\Miiiiste;'' so  trahTj'crre?! 
shull  date  from  the  acceptance  of  bis  letters  dimissory.'  ♦If  not  jirtsentcl 
.  witiiiii  three  months^ftor  datd,  they  may  be.consideretl  as  Void  ijy  the 
authfirity  whence  til ey,  proceeded;  and  .shall  J3e  so  coftsidered,  unl-oss^, 
tliey  lie[)rcs?(3jited  wi1:hiii-six  moaiihs.    •       *   .•  *   .  "       , 

[3.|'Jfa  Minister,  reihoviug  in.to.  ahgthcJi-.  ])iocese,  wlio  linn  been 
caileil  to  take  charge  of  a  Parish  «or  Congregation,  shall  present  a  te'sti* 
moiiial  in  the  f(n-m  afoi'csaid,  it  shall  be  the 'duty  *(3f*  the. •Ecclesiastical  • 
'Aidliority  o\'  the  Diocese  to  whiclfhe?hoifi. removed,  to  &.ccept  it,  uidess 
the  ISIshp])  or  Standing  €ommiijee  slicWd  Ikaye  heard  rumors,-  v/hich  he. 
wr  they  believe  to  be  Avell  founded,  against  tjic  character  of  .the  iNlinfster 
c^oncerncd,  and  which  would  form  a  i)roper  ground  of  cauonical  i(ii:j^ii»y 
and  prescni.inent;  in  which  case  thj^  Ecclcfliastlca}-  Authority  eUah  com- 
iiiiinicate  the  same  to  tihe»Ec(!lcsiasticril- AuMiorjty  of  thp 'i)iocese  to 
whose  jurisdiction  the  said  Ministei' belongs;  au/l,  in*siifli  c/ise,  it  shall 
not  be  the  duty-  of  the  Ecclesiastical  JVudiorilyto  ♦icoc])t  lfie]|tetjjfio'iiijl 
unless,  and  until,  tijere  be  satisTactoi'y  e.vplanation  of 'mk-Ii  rumors,  '    ' 


*    « 


14. J  Itslvall  I. 

;iud-nn,vy,  iiiif!  ]  ■  

ot'  the  Gcmr'ItJ  i-i^;ii;e:l.  to  ttfttrriu  and  [jre^cat  letters  diinu-s^urj  .l.s  iiLiAa 
desciTbcd,  ulioiiever  Uk^v  .remove  from  om  Dioc'ese  or  JfissiongrV 'Dis- 
trict to  any  otlior  DifU'osc  orilissiqjuuy  District,  wlictlier  iDomcstfc  or 
'  Foreign,  and  rcniahi  there  ktv  tlie  space  ^f  six  montlis.  If,  attlie  end  of 
tlitit  time,  !iny  Minister,  St>  reinovin'T,  shall  not  !iavo  obtained  and  ,i>re- 
sentod  sneli  letters,  the  Bi^^ioi)  of  the  T>iT>cese  from  which  he  lias  re-  • 
moved  shall  have  the.riglit  to  tjjvnsfor  him  by  letters  dimissory  into  tli^ 
Dioceso  of  tjio  Bishop  into 'whose  .iurisdictioiv  he  has  removed. , 

I  3.  A-niinistcr  fe  settWd  for  all  purposes  here'or,elsowhere  mentioned 
in  these  Canons,.  v.'ho  has,  licon  eugaj^cd  permanently  .by  any  Parish,  ac- 
cordijR?  to^the  rule?;  of  tltt-' Di^'<?cso  to  v.-hi'li  !]•«  T'iU'-li  Vohtiv--,  <>v  ior 
*ny  term  hot  lops  than  one  year. 

Oil  njption,  • 

•ifcsohetl,  That  Canoivll.  ot.  I'itle'il.  c'ltilled  '•(General  .Uegulrrli^nv-;  ol 
Miitisters"  as  conveyed  bo  this  House,  in  Message  Not  20,  from  th^  House 
^of  Den  titles,  be  adoj>ted.  ,  '    '  «  ."       ■         *' 

'Bishoj^Lity.  submitted  the  follo-\\-1i)-f!;'    • 

•  '      .  •'  .KEPOkT.  . 

Tfto  Committee   appointed   to  jirejxwe  resolutions  exprossist;  oi  tlfe 
»^st^RO  which  this  IIoiiso  entertains  of  tlie  loss*  which  the'  Church,  has  e"x- 
,perv3nced  in  the  lamented  death  of  <the  late  lit.  Key'  N.  II.  Cobbs,  D.  -D., 
•.■cspoctfully  reports  th'e  following—  '    ,       • 

Resolved,  Th-at  the  House  of  I5ishoi»s  dcpl'drc  »hc  loss  (o  the  CInu-ch  oJ*\ 
Mioifniuch  beloved  brother,  the«Kt.  liev.  N.  II.  Cobl)s,  y,  D.,  late  Bishop 
of  tJie  Diocese  of  Alabama.*         ,  _  ',  ' 

We  recalb^ith  tbanktulnc^ssth.Qbeautilll  example  he  ailbrded  of  child- 
'     Ukc.m^ekness  auil  mahly  sagacity..  Acc^istomed  himself  to  seek  sfre^ifih 

•  ju'.d  pardofi  at  the  foot, of  t!io  Cros^t,*li«  V>ved  to  preach  Christ  our  buly 

•  rightetiuiijiess,   and  knew   liow; -vvifli   !fln!.rular  purs\u\si\t;ness,  to  .di;aw» 
•(jther^o  his  Master.     Imbued  with,  loye  and  revoa'ence  for-*tlie  Church 

atiflioee  altar*  hcyservod,  he  devoted  his   ])esfc  energies  to  extcftd  her  in-  ^. 
ihijjnce  and   enlarge,  her  borders.    Iliij  ^yinpathising  heart  respunded   l.*  '^ 
oveify  Umnan  sori-o\v,  so  thtit.  lie   was  ever  promirt  to  {)ify  ami  i-ohdy   to 
relWc.  '  Aiyito  this  universal  charity,  lie  iyldet>  a. love  of  the  brethren, 
which    endeared  *liim  -to   tUos'e  assocLited  with^iim  in.  Council  and  over 
whom-fie  v'-'is  set  iii  the  Lord,    .^lo  wise  and  good:    so  u'uweariod    in   (ill 

•  ^^'ood  AV'orks,  and  so  long-sulli.>riiig  -vitli  tjie  inlirmities  of  others,  he  lived 
and  died  a  lovely  example  qla  Clyistiaii  soldier,  and  a  faithful  Bisiiop.       * 

lu  the  Providence  of  CJotl- he  was  talceu  away. from  the  evil  to  come, 
,     and^ we.  rejoice  td  bclieya  .tliat  he  nov,-   rests  froin  his  labj)uij^    aud   his 

•  worjca  do  foUtJW.  him.     '        ■■  *  .  ^       '        , 

*•.••.'.**       -    *       •  .  'irENJlYO.  LAY,  Chairman.,* 

**      \     *  .      ,  •» 

"•  -  ftn  iBQtiou  the   report   vra^  .received  and  the  rcsoluliftu 

ftil6ptcd.    .    •■   *  •  .'  ,        .  ,  i ,  • 

'jy\\Q   foWowing-  Mess%e  *\Ya.s  received  iVoiu    (li'*  I4.Mi?icj 


iii.j  i:i>uoc  k/i  Ueputresiul'uriiis  the  lious<»  (^  a.,,,  n^-i-.,  v.^.^l  ii  ii;.;.  ,..k  . v 
tlTe-  IVjiluwing  Ilesolutions :       •  s.         ,     •        *  * 

(l.)«  Ji'^soloed,  Tliat  the   arncftidiiicul^  to  Oaiiou  v^  as  conveyed  to  this 
I'oiisc  ill  Moss:ige  No.  10  of  the  Uouse  of  jiisl^ops  he  accededio. 

(2.)  liesohcd,  That  the»amciiduicnt  to  Canon 'VII.  a&  conveyed  In  Ihi*; 
jITonscf  in  Message  No.  12  of  tlie  Iloiise  of  Bisli«i)s,  be  acceded  t6. 

^Bisliop  Lay  offered  the  folfo^viig  |:u3olution,"-\vl!To!i 
iaotioii,»\vaa  adopted..-  *'   '    .»    •* 

Jiesolootl,  That  the  t-omniittcc  ou^anons  be  i;iHtruelcd.to  iiKj[Uueiiito 
tVie  expediency  of  ifitroducing  a  Canon  o)^*"Lifj(:  Disci^fdinc,"  as  tlieiriirst 
Oayon  of  Title  III.     Saitf  Canoil   to  proiiiMt  uudcv  suitable  penalties* the , 
niavri!i_i!;e  of  persons,,  coijtrary  to  thft  hivv,.of  God:  ifind  tlic  r.aid  Candu  tf> 
define  a»dt;xplain  under  Avha*  circul:nstanccs>a  person  r^jpelled  froin*the  . 
couiniunion  uuctcu  tke  rubric;  luay  b<'  ru»-admittedli*crctO'4a  anotlkcr  J&r* 
ieh  or  .'diocese.    .  .  *  ..        .  ^ 

^^Oiimotion  the  House  took  a  recessr  to  fiUow  i]i%^  sittings  of 
'  tliC  Committee  on  {lie  Biljlp  aiid  Rook  of .Coromo'ii  Pfaij'-cr^ 


The  H011S.C. resumed  itp  business.-   "»  ,     ^^ 

The  following  mcs3a<re  was  received  IVinu  llic  Uonse  ftf 
Deputies:  ...  • 

:mesj;agk,  no.  23.  '      •  *  '        ,       .  *  • 

■ -^The  nousc   of  Deputies  iiiiOJms  the  Ilouse   of  .-BiShopipj  that  it' •has  ' 
])assed  the  following  licsohition.:  • 

liesolved,  TIic  Itouse  of  Bishops  concjjrr in i!^  tluit  tl'ic  follo\^inp:  Cai^n 
be  adopted :'  '   |k«      '    - 

*»   ■'   "  CANqiiHI.  ■   • 


••« 


OF  -E  I'Sn.O'4'S  . 


yliall  l^c  desirous  bf-Ui 


i:  1.  [l.J  wKoliever  tSit?  Church  \ii  any  Diocese 
«;()iisecrati(m  of  a   Bishop  elect,, the  Standing   Committee  of  the   Cfiurcl 
fii  sLicli  DieceSc  shall,  'l>y  their  Prp'sident,  or  l)y,  some'person  or  pcrsort« 
speci.ully*  appoint?!:!,  •comuiuixicate  the  desii-e'to  the  Standing  C6nMnittc<»s  ' 
of  tht:  Churches  in  tlic  iliijereut  Dioceses,  together  with»cv.l'Q%ncc  <tf,Pri5 
flection,  and  a  certified  copy '0/ the  following 'tostimdujfil :  ••        ,     ' 

Testimony  from  the  lAenifjcrs  of  the  Council  i^i  the  Diocese  from  'o^/ierwf)    • 
•  thepcrsQn  is  recommended  for' *(Jonsccration..'  •    r- 

"  \Yc,  whose  ajtines   ai*e  undorwa-itten,  fully  sensible  lipw  important)  it 
33  that  the  fcjcrgd  office  of  a  Bishop  should  not.be.unwal'thil^  c.otifei'r^d,    '    • 
:uici  finitly  Pj3rsuaded  that  jt'is  our  duty  to  bc.'fi-  testimony  on  this  solemn  ,     .' 
occu^t'iii  without  partiality  or  aircction,  do,  in  tho'preaenec  of  Alr^igh^  .  J 
flod,  testify  that  A.  B.  is  not,,  so  far  a's  we  are  informed,  justly  liable  ^o 
ovil;repoft,  either  for  error  in  religioB,  or  for  vicidusness  in  life,.and  tliat'  • 


Uintr.  such  j-;oundne^i,s  hi  thcTsfii^l', 


f«Wa}it1\JKl  niect  to  exercise •'tli<?  oflioo  ()!|,  a  r>isIioj)"i,<)   IM  iionoi 
/i^ndtJio  edifying  of'JIirtChnrcli^iiuLto  ho.  n  \vli#]esoinc  exampK    to  Mio 
t    iTock  of  Clirist."  •    ^e 

•    ..  l^-l  'll'f*  ovidcnco  of  the  conseufr  of  the  Standiifg  Conunitt^c^sbair  ba 
^     in  the  fbrfti  following":   ,  «»      ~  "  <  »         •  • 

T<iUimomjJ'rom  the  Standiiir;  CommiUse  of  (naming  the  I)i(>cete.) 
■  Wer-wliost;  names  are  n^idenvrittcii,  fully  senf^!c  how  importau!  it 
js  that  tlio  sacred  ollice  of  a  Bislio]J"!jiould  not  l.e  unworthily  conferred, 

,  ;!Bd  lirniJy  ift'rsuadcd  that  if  i.-*  onr  duty  to  ber-ir.tcr.tiniony^  on  tlys  soleiVit 
oc^,asion,.'^vilhom  p;ir|i«lity  or  affe^,tion,  da,  in  the  prcwnoc  of  7\Iun>ht.y 
<1f)d  tes^fy  IJiat  .V.  45.  is  iKot,  st»  fj^r  fus  wo  are  irtfoVnicd,  instly  liahiWo 
tv'.l^iT^port,  eiiher  i(>K'.!Tor  fV  fuligion,  or  for  vicio-asne8s*of  life;  and  thai. 

^  w^i  dt.  iv't  knflw  or  lfeli«dve  tlierc.is  any  impediment,  oi\  a(?oonnt  of  which 
lie  dnght  notfto  hij  consecrated  to  tliat  Uoly  Office, .but  that  ho  hath  as 
wel^'lieve;  lyrt-liis  lt*'e,-foV  tliree 'years  hv^t  l^at^t,  ]>i(,nslv-.  soberlv  uiid 
linnestly."  f 

[3.  J  Aad'iftlii.'ni;i!(U-]iunibor  "i_the  ^tMixhng  ComnuLtecu;  si;;Jl  coiiiyut 
o  tiie  pro)»osed   consecration,   tl»e  Standing  Committee  of  the  Diocese. 


y<?iiitir 
c  ma' 

ays  m  th^'^Diociiiic  <5i  which  Iitf  is  ^xj  Bishoj)  elect. 


y<^iiT:.r  Bishoj),  with'two  other  Bishops^  or  any  three  Bisliops  trr  whom 

lie  may  conjmunicntx.'  tlje  tcsrtTnonials,*nniV  nrf^cee*  tJ])erform  the  sahie. 

f-l.j.The  consofratiAn  of  a  Bishop  shall,   If  practicable,  take  l->hic.(5  !il- 


sliall,  iji'/ll  causes,  snciX'ed  the  jUshoji,   iu  cae^:   (»f  surviving  hin 
.  A:*;iijtant  IJishop  sliall  [loilitrm  such  Episcopal    duties,  anil  exercis 


m.     .Tho» 

SC      SUOlr* 


.    ,  ,  -   ^ ^.,  a]i- 

pertatn  to  the  ollioe'uf  a  Bishop.  «No.  person  shaN  be  elected  or  ccWsc- 
erated  a  ^illraga'n  Bi§hoi),  VOi"  sl'-'iH  tl^ore  be  more  th.-ai  one  Assistant 
r.iih»->p  in  a  Dioce^c  at  tfto'samo^ime.    „  '  ,        '  ;• 

^•1.  [\.]  "Kvcry  Bishct])  Af  thi«   Churt'h*i;Iiall  viMfc  the  .Churches  witfiin* 
Ins  Diocveso  at  Wast  once  Jft  tl^ree  ycjy^,  for  the.purpost-  of  exaniinii^-  tho 
5.:iate-i>f  h]s''CIniirch,"insp4.<-.ring  tUe-byhaviur  of.liis  clcrijy,  adiiiinisterni..- 
■Irt-  apos|d!ie  1-ite  of  c^)uf]rmati.>n,'  ijpnistoriilg  tlie  Wol'df  and  if  Ifb  think 


-'\\  givi'ii  at  eaclj»of  its  sessions.' 


>f  0.  "It  sluiUbc  huvful  for   aurBishi^i^of  .{i  JJiort-so,  who  is  about    to 
_  leave  om ha?  Vtlii.'jDioftivsc',  witfi  tije  ititehtion  of  irohig  out  of  tfil;  li^n-^ 
it#of  lh..vron^^dern*(>  .S!?;tr^..?.j-.if  rcmiMiihi,"  <.ii!    of  hU  rfiorr^c  for  tl- 


i^.s 


tanUiJisliop,  ov,  slionlf  there  be  ncinc,  ^ho   Suindiug  Ooraniittcc  of  siui'  ;* 


Vi^Dcese  :  ProiuWccZ,  tliat  notliing  ia  tins  Canon  shall  be  s©   construed  *is 
to  prevent  any  Bislfop,  who  may  have  signed  such  writing,  froin  cserci- , 
sing  his  jnrisciiction  himself,  so  fais'as  th^  sanie'inay  bo   practjcfiblc,    (Jii- 
*rmg  his.absence   from  his   Diocese,  or  from  permitting  and   authorizing 
any  other  Bishop  to  i^erform^piscopal  offices  fopfcim.  ft 

•  i:  6.  The  Bishop  of  cfficli  Diocese  *iisy  c<Jinpos4  ^rms-  of  praj'^er*  or 
thanksgiving,  as  the  case  may  re(piire,-_ior'e;s;traQi'dinary' occasions,  ail^l. 
transmit  thenl'to-eaoh  Clergyman  within  liis  Diocese,  whose  duty  it.§l\all 
be  to  use  such  foi'ins  in  his  CJiurcli  on  such  ^occasions.  And  the  Cler<i-y 
i'l'uthose  States  pr  Dioceses,  or  otlicr  places  ^viMiin  the  bounds  of  this 
Cmirch,  in  wliJch  there  is  uq  l^ishQp,  fua^  use  the  Iprm  of  pray  en- or 
thanksgiving  composed  by  the  Bishop  of  any  Diocese.*  The  Bishop  in 
eaeli  DIocc'sc  may  also  compoSo  forms  of  piiayer  fo  be  used  before  legis- 
lative and  otiier  pyblic  bodies.  *  *        ,  .     '  '        »  ' 

$  7.  Any  Bishop,  Assistant  Bishop,/)r  Mi^si<Jnary  Eishoiis,  may,  oil  the 
invitation  of  the  Councilor  tho,.' Standing  Commi^tegof  finy  Diocese 
Avherp  tlicrc  is  no  Bishop,'  or  wJiero  the  Bisfcop  is,  tor  {,he  tniic,  under  a 
disability'to  perform  Episcopal  Oflices  by  reason  oif  a  judicial  sentci|ce, 
visit  and  perfoi-m  Episco^jal  Qi^b(^s  in  that  t)iocese,'  or  in  any  part  there- 
of';, nud  this  invitation  m ay, l>^  temporary,  and  it  jiway^at  any  time  w  re- 
voked. ■.  .     , 

§'S.  [1.]  Ti:e  House  of  Deputies  'may,  from  tiiiie  ^t<?  time,- X)n  nomina- 
tion by  the  IJonse  x)f  Bishops,  clec{,  a  suitable   Jsersoii  to  be  a'  Bishop  of 
*  this  Gliurch,  to  exercise  Episcopal  fuyctipns  iu  States"  or  Territories  u^ 
organized  into  Dioceses."     Thfe   evidence  of-  such  election  shall  bo  a,  .ccr- 


for  con^^ecration,  which   certilicate  shall   be  pfq^luced  to  -tliQ'  lloui^e  _ 
Bishops;  aitd  if -thG  House  df  Bishops  shall  consent  to  the.  coneodratib^, 
they  inay  take  order  for  that  purpose.  _,  .'       ,.  "        /J 

[2.]  'The  Bishop  'so  elected  and  coilsecrated  iihall  exercise  Episeoi)al 
fuBptions  in  such  States  'iind  Territories,* in  conformity  with  the'  Consti- 
tution and  Caitons  of  this  'Chui;ch,  and  under  such  regulations  and  in- 
structions, not  inconsistent  thore^Vith,  as  the  House  of  Bishops  may  pre- 
^  soribe;,  and  the  House,  of  Bishops  may  at  any  time  increase  or  dimiiph 
'  the  number  of  States  or  Territori,cs  over  wjiich  the  said  Bishop  or  l^ish- 
ops  l^hall  exercise 'Episcopal  functions.   '     •    .    "        ,  ^ 

[3.]  Jn  case  of  JJic  death  or  resignatijoii   of  'it  Missionary  r>isho]V,  or.of ' 
•vacancy  iiyother.caus^  the  eh;irgc^f  the   vacant -Missionary. iJpiscopjite  , 
shall,,  until  another  .Bishop  be'  erected  aad  .  consecrftted,    dovoiver,  on 
ther senior  Bishop  of  tlds  Church,    with,  the   power  of.  apiiointing'som<s 
other  Bishop  as  lijs  substitute  jii» said  charge,,    .       ^  ■•#*♦*, 


Conft ,  ~ 

having  seats  in  the  House  of  Bishop's,  and  of.  iFie  Standiifg  Committeef 
of  thi-ee-fourths  of  the  several  .Dibcesei*;-  said  consent  toe  be  signified   to 


•     * 


'   'if  Ii;ivc    ftu'U  <)ry;i<i:<e(l  \viyiip*t1i<'  ■'■.m    AT  8i;.  !      '-'        1:1       .   » 

tii;-i!(i|>,.  if  lie  sllfll  be  .('lu)Si*i*IVi;^liOi*»)i'  N«<'ii  i  umcosc,  ^10  u>;i\   .m  ccpl  liio     ,      ^ 
^oHicc,  .•]'>«' ^liHU  not  flierel'V  vj-n'ut*  liIs  ii)issionai\y  ai)i>oju(iiieiit :  Prori     • 
dcd,  ih-.ii  lie  conUiuic  to  tlif=fii.ai'p;o  lli*4«lntic.s  of  [Missionary  IJisliop  witliili 
iiio- rosiilntt  of  his  original  •jurisdiction,  it'Mliore  lie^vich  revidno'. 


I  his  Scoiion  sUi^W  Im\*e  i^uver  to  r-;irve  oiw^'nsie  aHsent  to  the  consociKitn)!) 
•(.r  a.  I>isho<).«    •        v   .  .        ••'••,.  «  ». 

'    I'l).]  t^vory^udi  Bisliop  ^iaU.rQpurt  to  eiich  ISeniM-ul^O(nnicil  Iiis^ofiioinl 
:•<.!>!,  ancli  the  stJU.ennti'coitditiou^of  the  T)hurch1n  «mul  t^tatcs  ifii^l    Ter     | 
•  riloricS  of.the  ConVeclfci-iito  t-tates. .  *  »     ••         .     * 

?  !*[r.l  ,T!1c  Ilonsc^of  Jfeputic.-;;  may,  jfomtiine  tottime,  on  niWninallcn 
hytlio  ilwutio  ot"  IVishojJt^.  elect  fl  ijuitahlc;  J)im->;ou  to  ha  a   I'ish^p   of  thi* 

•  •C'lufreli^  .ti^exoi^i^iv  Episcojial  Vjiuctions  iir  any  niissionary  station  'of  4liis 
jCiinrch  oul>8f  tj}C!*'l*eiTitory  ofnh^  Confederate  ^tft,tes,  whioli-tli*!  House  • 

of  Hiyhops,  with  the  concuri--cu<?b,  of  4he  Honsc  of  Dd]>utics,  yiay    have    , 
(]e.sis!fi*Tted.     The  evidcn^e  06  such  election  shall  be  a  c^rtilicatc,  t(j  be 
siibserihed  by'^x  constitution ;J  majority  ^of  sg!id    Ilonre  of  Dep^nties,  •  ex 
luessii^i!;  their  asseirf.  t»*^ie  said  noniinat^n,  .which  ccrtilleal'e  shall  bo 
prodii^^cd  tfl  the  -Ettfise  of  Ijishqj[>s;<|nu(.>  if  the   Konso   01  ]>is]ioiis'  shall 
consent  ti)  tlo^  (jonsefiralion,  they  may, take  order  fiv  that  purpose. 

[3.J*AijpO>ishop.«lected  aad  ^cmsecrated -under  this  Section,  or  any  • 
ioreign  ]\n:^8iona«y  Iiisluy)  Itereion^i'O  consecrated  to  exercise  Epis('o{)al 
lfi!W'tions*in  any  plare  or  country  AvhicU  may  h^ve  been  thus  desiinjated, 
-iiall  haveH(>  juris.diction,  except  ill  tne  y)kice  or  country  foijVhich  he 
,  iias  l)ceu  elected ;ind  coi^t-'cmted.  .Ilo'shiflj  notbaconiea  Diocesan  Bisboj) 
in*^uy  organizedvDloceso  -within  tire  Coufe(Ji.n'ate  Siates,  unless  with  the 
c.onsenl;  of  thr«6-f(flirths  of  all  the*Iishops  entitled  to  seats  in  the  House  , 
of  Dfsho])^,  .and  also  with  t*»  qpnseut  of  tlie  Standing  Committees    of 

•  ihrc^-fourtlis  of  the  Diqcese^     •   .        •         ^ 

[  .3.]  Any  r>ishoi>  ?>lccxcd  nnd  cvusecrated  under  this  Section,  or  any  > 

Foreign*  iIisf.ionary  ]>isiioj)  heretofore  ^nsecrated,  may  ordain  as  Doa- 

.  cons  or  Presbyters,, to  •fiiciate  witliin  tlie  limits  of  his  mission, lany  jier-   « 

son*  of  the  a^^'e  requtred  by*  the^Canons  of  this  Cliurch,  Avho  shall  ex- 

*^  hy)it  to  hiin  1,1)8 .tfesti«i|)nials  re(fuired»fcy  Canons'V.'and  VII.  of  Title  I., 

signed  by  not'less^kau'two  of.tho  oi'sJained  Jilissiouaries.of  this  Church 

•  wjio  may  be  subject  4o  his  Wtargc:  Provided,  nevertheless,  that  if,  tl^ore 


be,  only  oao  ordained.  Jlissionaify  attaijlieU  to  tho  Jtssion,  and  cai)able  of 
acting  at  the  time,  fl^i  sigftalmre  of  a  Pxesbylcr,  nnder  the  jurisiliotion 
of  airyllishop  iu<j;onnnunioa  wlfcU  this  Church,»in  good  standing,  may 
be  admitted  to  supjdy  tlie  deficiency.     • 

J'i.]*''Any  Foreign  Missionar}*  r>ishr)p  cunsecra|.ejl  ntidev  this  Scjctioii. 

'*•  h(^*c1i#l4)re  gonsecrated,  may,  Ity  and   with  the  ajlvicb  of  two  Presby- 

vei's,   o^ic  of  v'h«nV  tt"  ^it'cessity  requ_i;-e,  Shall   be   a  Presbyter  in    good 

^landing  under   the  ^'nrisdictiou  of  aiiy  Xiisho'p  in  cominunion  with  this 

•  Church,  (flsf^fusc  with    those  sllklies  required  "from  a  candidate  for  ( )r- 

dvrs^ by  t lie  Canons, of  tljts   Chwx^h-' Provided,  that  no  j)erson  shall  be 

oi-^laincdP»iesr.  l^j-  him,  who  has  not  parsed  a  satisfactory  examination  iib 

the  iirujeiice  oi  two  Pr^'sbyterS,  ;us  to  hi?  tlieologica^'learjinig'  and  ilpti- 

\ude  to  teach  :  -huZ  ;/ATOi-a?<S  fKvihcr.  thaft  no  j>ei'?;on  shall   le  ordaihcd 

^Vn/-i'i  b\#]nm  ur.til  ]io  sIkiU  liave  *een  a  *candidat*e  .for  a!  least  on^- 


'• 


• 


'   1  11.1-iu,     « iiw    ojiiui    luivc;     u'jv;ij  uiuiiiucil 

iTMer  '  n  ;kl  any  cure,  r>v  officiate  in  the  CIuu-oli', 

^n  tlic-v    ..  ..i.^i ....-,., ,  ;_.;.u..,   ...uii  ]ic  sliftll.  liavo  ■complied  witli  oxistinp; 
\  Oaiions,  relatiffg  1*  tlie  lelirniiig  oi  ]'=!  i-ns  to  be  ordained.. 

,[5. 1     Any  Foreign  Missionary  JSisIn;;!  elected  and  consecrjif^d-  nndcr  * 
1  liis  Section,  or  any  Foreign   Missi©tiary  liishop   lierctoforc  consccratod, 
sltall  ljavejurisdiction*Rud  government  according  to  the  Cauous  qf  this 
Ciiurch  over  <all  Missionaries   or, Clergymen    of  tliis  Church,  resident  in 
the  district  dj*  country  fof  \^]iioh  h«  may  liave  been  consecrated. 

[6.]     Every  such  Bishop  may  yearly  a])goint  not   Less  than  tvvoj' nor 

•     more  than  five  Pl'es.lwters,  resilient  witliin  liis  missionary  .jurisdiction,  t(r 

act  as  a  Standing  Committee  np5a.  jill   qijcgtionS  pertainin'g  to  the  inte- 

rests  .tlierectf;  and,  in  casc^ of  the  absence  of  the  Bishoji   froirt  hia' juris-. 

diction,.«or  of  a  vttfcancy  m  the   Episcopate,'  said  Standing    Committee 

•  •sliaH  li%  tl^e  Ecclesiastical  Authority. of  sucli  Missionary  jurisdiction. 

[•,7.]     Ever;^  I'ishoi)  elected   and   consccrate.d   undor   this   Section,  or 
'      Iforeign  Itissiqnary  Bishop  lieretoforc  co/isccrated,- shall  report  to  "each 
Ceneral  Council  his  official  acts,-  and  the  gtate  of  the  mission  under  liis 
supervision.  ,    ^>  •  ,••  »  '  :.  •   ■ 

J  10.*[1.]  «A  Diocese  Vv-ithout  a  Bi^iop,  or  of  wliich  the  Bishop  is» 
■  for  the  tiftie  itiyler  a  disability  by  reason  of  a  judicial  sentence,  may,  by  ^ 
itsfelouncil,  be  placed  ilndor  tiie  full  Episcopal  charge  ami  antliority  of 
the"B!shf)ji)  (if  another  Dio(?es^  or  of  *a  MiSsiouiyy  Bishop,  who  sliall  by 
tliat  tkct  ijo  aiiti»orized  to  perform  all  the  duties  and  offices  of  the  Bisho]> 
of  the  Diocese  so  vacant  i^v  having  the  BLshop  disabled,  until,  -in  llie 
case  of  a  vacant  Diocese,  a'  Bishop  be  duly  elc(;ted  and  consecrated  for 
tlie  same;  and,  'in  the  c1ase  of  a  Diocasd  wiiose  Bi.sHop  is  disffualilicd  as 
aforesaid,  until  the  disqunJificatiou  be  re^iiovcfj?-  or  until,  in  either  case, 
tiio  s«d  ;u-tof  tlio  Council  be  revoked. 

[3.]     Ncr  Dioceilc'tlius  ]>Iacc(^  uudci*  the  fiill  charge  and   .antliority  of  , 
the  Bishop  of  anotlier 'Diocc^Ki,  or   fi 'Missibnafy  Bishop,  shall  invitii  a  • 
second  Bisliop  lo  perform  aiiy  Episcoi>al  duty,    or  exoi'c'isc  authority,  till 
•  its  connection  witli  the  first «Bishop  Tias  expired  or  is  revo'ked.         ^ 

§  11.  [1.]     If  dflring   the  session  of 'thb"  General   Council,  or  within 

six  calender  months  before  the  meeting  of- any -such    Council,   a  Bi.shop 

•shall desire  t(> resign  his  jitrisdipvion,  he  shall  make  known  in  writing  to 

the  Hou'seof  Bishops.such  his  desire,  togethet*  with  the  reasons  moving 

*  liiin    thereto;  wjiereupon  the    House . of  Bislioits   m."y   investigate  the- 
whole  ci^^e  of  the  juvjppsed  resignation, including  not  only  the  facts'and    , 
reasons  that  may  be  sdt  forth  in  the  application  for  the  proposed  resig-  . 
nation,  but  any  other  facts  fn^(i  Gircumstances^bearing-upon  it,  so  that  the 
\vhftl(?  sul>iect  of  tlie  propriety  qv  necessity  of  such  resignation  may  be 
placed  fully  "before  the  liouse  of  Bishops.*     \  ■ 

[2.1*  Ah  investigation  liJaving  tlnis  bycn  made,  the  House  of  Bishops 
■  may  deci.lo  on  the  application: , and,  by  the  vote  of  a. majority  of  those  • 
present,  accept  or  refuse  to  accei)t  ^such  resignation ;  'and,  in  all  cases  of  a 
prop<^sed  resignaJ:ion;  fche  Bishops  shall /!ausc  their  proceedings  to  be*-e- 
corded  on  their  j^urmil;  and,  in  case'of  acceptance,;  the  resignation  shall 
be  complete  when  thus  rocordt-d  ;• -and  notice  thereof  slia-11  be  given  f*^ 
the  House  of  Deputies.  *  •*      ..  .   .  ,. 

[  ii.]     In  case  a  Bishop  should  de«rc  to  resijjn  at  any  pcrii^l  not  within 

,  '   .six  ci^endar  iri(?iif,hs  before  the  rne.otiitg-^if  a  General  Coun.cil,  la-  shall  make 

lintMvn  to,th«  Senior  Bishop  such  his  desii>?,'  with  the  rwisons  tnoving  hhn 

thareuuto;  wh'ereupo^i    the 'Senior  Bishop. shall' communicate,  -without 

delay,  .a  copy  of  tke  samt'  io  every  Bishop  of  this  Churcli  h/iving  Eccl%  ■ 


A.. 


iStniHliiit';  (^iiminitteu  of  t!ie  IKkicoso*  to  wliirii   the  I'.isliop  dosiriiii;  to  ro-    • 
sigiininy  holons;;   iiii<1,':it-tlic  saiiio  tiiuo,  "f:>iiiiiiu>n  said  4>islio^>s  to'iiicet       • 
hiin  iipporson,  at  a  ])laoo  j^oln-  hy  ]iiiu,(li'siyiiatc(l,  anVl   nfe  a  lime  not  los;» 
tlian  llivco  caloiidar  iiioiitli'^  IVoui  Ujo  date  of  lii^  suiiunons;  and,  sliould    •  • 
a  nuinlicr  not  less  YliDn  :i  niajority    of  all   the  said    IJisliopy  nioct  ftillic 
tiuic  and  plaoe  dcsigiiiitod,  tlioy,s!iu!l  then  liavoall  tlio  )>o\vor:i  aiven  Ly 
tlic  ])revions  claitPCs  of  "tliis  Section  to  the  House  of  I'^isliops.;*  and,  shoulfl 
u  number  loss  tlian    a  niajority  assenildf^,  tlioy  shall  liavg  fov.-cr   to  ad 
jouni  fi'oni  time  to  tinie,nntil  tliey.  can-secure  tlic  a4t(;iidflnco  ol'a  inajorili- 
<:f  all  tlie  saicl  l>'is]ioi)s.    Should  a  jirbjiosed  rcsignatioii  .of  a  Dislirtp  Ix' 
acr.epted  at'any  meeting;  (»f  tlic  Kisliops  for  .that  pnr]^oso  held  dnwnp;  a 
recess,  then  tlie  Senior   Bishop  present  shall  lirouonnce  vsnrli    resignation 
(N)mp]eto,  and  commnnicato  the  same  to  the   Ecclesiastical  Authority  of      * , 
each  DioccfJe,  ^rho  shall  cause  the'  ^aine  to  be  communicated  to  the  sev 
(M'al  (^lorirymen  in  charge  of  C^ongrc'nitions  therein.'   And  it  shall  be  fhe 

■  further  djity  of  the  Senior  Bishoi)  to  cause  such  resignation  to  b,c  forma! 
ly  recorded  on  the  journal   of  the  Mouse   of  Bishops  tliat  may   meet  in 
(iencral  (^Auncil  ne.\-fc  tlieriiafter.     If  the  Bishop    desirous  o1'  resignijjg 
should  be  the  ScniaV  Bishop,    theiuall  the  duties  directed  in  this   Section  , 

to  be  porforttied  l>y  the  Senicn*' Bishop  shall  devolve  ypon  the  Bishop  next 
in  seniority.  .  , 

I  •I.]'  No  Bishop  whose  resignation  of  the  Episcopal  -jui'iidictioii  of  a 
T)ii)ccse  has  been  fotisummatcd  pursnant  to  this  Section,  shall  'be  eligibli- 
toTiny  Diocese  now  in  union,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  admitted  into  nn 
ion,  with  this  Church;  but  he-may  i)erfhrm  Episcopal , acts  at  the  re<ine:Al  ' 
i^  fmy.  ])i:'ho])  of  this  Church  witliin  tlielimits  (if  his  Diocese. 
,  [5.)  A  liishoji,  v.'ho  GCascs  to  have  charge  of  a  Diocese,  shall  s<il! 
bo  suliject  in  all  niattci"s  to*thc  Canons  «ni<l   ftuthcinty  of  the  General 

^Council.  •        «  *  '  •  '        ■ 

4 '">•»]  -In  case  a  suapendod  Bishoii  of  this  •Church  should,  desire  to  re- 
sign.at  any  period  not  within  si.\'calcu!.lar.  moiAhs  before  the  meeting  of 
a  Genyal  Council,  ho  shall  make  known  by  letter  to.  the  Senior  BiMho]^ 
such  dj;sire;  whereupon  the  Sonior  TVishoy  shall  coniinnnicata.  a  cojiy  ot. 
thcftiinjci  to  e;u'h  Bisho])  of  this  Cliurch  liaving  jurisdiction  within  tlic 
Confederate  States;  and,  in  case , a  majority  of  such  Bishojis  shall  return 
to  th'o  Si;nior  Bishop  their  writfeii  assent  to  sucji  resignation,  t,hc  saiiuv^ 
shaU  I't"  deem"ed  valid  ajul  tlual  ;  ajid  written  information  of  the 
s^id  resignation  shall  at  onc't  bt^oonin'iunicatod  by  the  Senior,  I>i.si|iop  t<» 
the  IVishop  an<,l  Diocese  ccnigernod,  and  to  each  ]>is]io])  of  this  crmixl". 
And  it  shall  ^be  tlur  further  duty  of  •the  Senior  BislK>p  to  "cause  sncli 
rosi'^iation  to  bo  formally  rec^rded  on  thp  Journal  of  the  Hoiise'  (T1 
r>islio])fi  that  may  meet  iii  Ceneral  (\)uueil  ne.xt  thei'eafter. 

Oil  motion  tlic  proposed  Cuiion  III.  of  Title  II.  as  ll';^Iu^ 
mitted  from  the  Ilonsc  of  J^oputics  wum  amended  a:^  lo! 
•lows — to-Avit:         '  .  .       .  *.      , 

J>y  tlic  insertion"  of  a  new  section  to  be  cAllcd  Section  ON!:"* 
and  to  read  as  follows  :  , 

§  1.   .  T6  entitle  ii  Diocese  to  the    choice    of   a'iJishop 
l>y  th6  Conneil  tlKjrcof,  .  there  nu^t  fro',  al  tiie  fiiiie  of  snob 
choico,  and  hfive  bc6n  'during  tJic  year  prcviim!^,  at  least  si.\-« 
onlciatinp^  PrQpbytgrp  therein,  rcji^njarlv  f'.ettled  in   a  Pari.'^h 


•  • 


t  # 


more  i.'iirirthc'rf  re[u'0:scntcri  ^ii  iho  Cihi.!!"!-  .  i'     '■<''- 

•  l>y  cluiu^-ing 'Section  i    lii^  Scctioii   ,' 
jSeclion  2  toficction  .'I  *  .**  "  ,  , 

b*cctioii  3  to  tScctipn  L  ^  ^  ■   ^■ 

•  "  Hcctibfi  4  to  3cctiQ)i  ^-^  '  *•        §    '  .      ** 

Sccjjon'5. to  S'ccfion  '!.  .  ,  ,         * 

•  k^cctiou  (>  16  f^'cctioii  T.     ,        • 

(4cctioii.T"tO  Soctioi!  H.     ,  .     *.       •'    ,        •      .  *  • 

.    ity  strikiii,!;'  out  tlic' words;  '"■  asinBlaiit  I]V';li'''i ', ^^  Mission  • 

ary  irisliop, "  in  the  fst  liii.c\>r  Secti(j_^i  8,,iu;(l  Hi^bstHntiUi; 

tbcu^eiVH' tiiQ  Vv'0!;ds  "cxcreisinG?*juyis<li'c^''<^i-'"  ■     *  • 

*  I)y  changljig  Section  8  ta 'S».;tioii  0.    ■  '^^ 

By  striking  out  the  word  ^.not"  ill  tliu  iUli  hn.   o!    T^ua*, 
frapli  4,'  ScctiOn'O,  and  a.dding  tlic  ivemls  "  uniiLj^liii  ntocl- 
iivg  of  the  ne'xt  General  Connoil  "' .after  jiiiV  word  ^'rcp>idn''""-  . 
in  the  lltli  line.  ■  '  *  ,         •  ' '•" 

fly  changipg  Section,  Tt  to  Seciion  lO, 

j>y  Inserting  the  ^vofd9  '"'lie  slvdl  be  otilSUod'lo    .;  .  .\.  . 
Initnofe  a  vote  in    tlie  .House  of  l>is!ii)ps*'  aftes'llie  wd^T 
•"consecrated'-'  iii  the/ithline  of  'raragraph.  2,  Hertion  _!-      - 
,!>y  changing  tS'cction  "10  to' Section  .II.'  .     •        " 

On  motion,  ,'       ,  *     ' 

j^iwZm?,  TlintCanon.Iir,  of  Tillo  11^  ciiti!k',<i  >' ni  i;i;,li',.j.;,  ".'is  «m^ 
voj'ed  to  tlii-s  Houpe  in  message  jSTo.  2'3^  iVuin  tlie  llouso  <)!'.no!Hit#>s,«i>o 
■■idopted,  as  :xmcuded.         *         .      ,  . 

The  following. mci-lsage  wap'reccivo'l  from  tbe  Ilofisc  of 
J)cputi'cs :  '  .  ,'   . 

MESS  A  (Hi;  NO.  23.  .    ■      *  ■*  ^'  '■'  • 

•  •  ••■«•  •  • 
•         The  itouse  of  I)cputics  iaforing  tlic  lions^  #f  irbifif-ps^lkat  it«])f!sg:>ftf«-  ^ 

•fied  tjiic  following  resolution:  9        •  '     *     .  «     ^ 

*        licsoleed,  The 'House  of  l;islioi)S  concurring,  Th;iL  iJic  folhwiiuv  dr.: 
ons    be  adopted--to-wit :  '■d.inon  I'V,  Canon  VI,.C,vnon  Vl !.,  Canon  V  W  I, 

'CAITONIV.  !  « 

OF    a'  list  bF  THE   MINISTEI'.S  OF     TlliS    onVJirii.  , 


1..    T!ic   Sccrdtary  ot;  the*  House   of^l^cputifts  shall  .kcon  ; 


« 


.  isters  of  this  Church,  in,  their  proper  DioQpsres,  nnncxintv-the  i],-j«os  oi' 
their  i-cspective  cures,  or  of  tUeir  stations-ip  Any  Oollcgos  or  other  SctPj 

•  inariosaf  Learning-,,  or,  in  rtj.£;a,rd  to  tliose  wfio  have  jiot  any  au'cs^or 
otlier  stations,  tlieirplaces  of^fesidenceonlo--;  amltiic  said  lietshfil),  y'on^ 
tinic  to  tiuie,  l;e  jjuhlished  in  "tlie  journHls  of  the  Ck'neral  Councii. 


* 
•  •  • 


..!;':i  ,  a:  -     J.  .  _.  .  ..V.  ■    -■-'"■,.■    '^   LJio  (lcn»i'^:;  >.  '    .      ■.,     '^  ._■::■■■..  : 
oi^inakii!;;  Unouy^ilio  a(l#i»ssion  ol  Ministers  .'unoiig^icm,  as  siliail  tend 
to  ])rtT\onL  i.'Tnoratit  nirtl  unwary  |>e<i]>lo  fA)ni  bcinj^  ini]«)soil   on  liy  vir*' 
>'iis  i)rctondin.;ji»l()  l*c  :uiHiorizc(f  Mini#t,cir.  «t'  this  Cly.irc]i. 

,    .      **'.*#,  .  CA-NGN  Xl.  •  *     .  -  •  » 

*  ^lULSk  OK   Tjhs    01Hi!ft;i[.  • 

*  * 

'i'lie  K«tclojiastical  «\uiJigi1ty  in  oacli  Diocese  ol'  lins  i-hurcii      iiaii  ::{• 

jioiul,  i'l'om  tijuc  to  time,  sojno  suitalje  person   or  [lerson?!,  tK)  .oonipiiro  • 
.^'ul  corrct't  all  {fo^\■  (^d\i.\6w*0L  (lie  iJiblo  hy  tJie  atrvndard  eilitipn  ajcreetj 
•iil)onJ>y  t.Ii^  (Jenenil  Ouuiicjl,  and  a^ecrtiiicate  of  tlieir   luvgnrc  beeti  so 
onipured  a^^l  corrected  sliall  bo  published  witli  said  bo(>V 

•    **        V.  .  CANON   VII.    .  • 

OF  TTTBT.isriiNiyEDiTifiNS  OP  ^aE  BOOK  OP  VOMMON  ri:,\Xi;i;- 

Tlii,' Ecclesiastic?]    Autborit^^  ol'  tlii<^.  Olmrclf,  ;iii   eacb  Diocese,  h^i:\]\ 
,;;ipoiiifc  one^)r.inore  Pro'ibytors  rf  ike  Diocese,  \nio  sliall  c<Min_>are'  and 

•  •>orr«ct  every  liew  edition  of\  tb^i*I)opk  of  Coniiffoli  I'rafer,  tbe  Arlicl«fs, 
~  ^    •  Ortices,»Mefi"0  I'salnis  find   Hyuins,  by  A*c(\i)y  ot  tbo  stnndard  edition; 

*•  and  a  certillcato   speoilyini^  tlie   naiwo'  of  tbof>nblfsliinp;-IL'ouse^ind  tlie 

(  dat«  of  said  eT]iti(^i,  iind*tliafi"  it'lia^  been   »<»  compared  jind    ciHTCj^'ted. 

sliall  Ijd  ]>iJ)lisiietT-wiih  the  same.     And  hi  case  any  otlition  sball  be  i>nb- 

lislied  without  snc.b  coyrcoitiou,it  sImUI  bo  tho  dijt.y  of  tlic  said  Ecclcsias 

;  tifal   Authority  to  give  yi^)lic  tioti(jb  that  .Such,  cdi^^on  i:5  not   autliori/e(| 

by  (!ic  CImreli.  'j,     i     »  • 

CANON    VIJJ.  ■ 

«  ••,      *  .or  r.y^cfiiww.  instij^x:tion.  » 

,     The  Minister^  -of  this  Cb'uHb  .v.bo   liar\'C  cbarjiG  ot'^^arislies  or  cnr*;.' 
^»   .dial!  not  oiily  be  tlilii^ent  in   iiistrucfin;!:   tbo  I'hildren    in  the  (^alecliisui; 
liuti  shall,  also,    by  stated  catechcticiil    lecturovi-'it^  i'lsliaiclion,  bo   dili 
.^ent  ii>  informiiij;-  tbe  youth  aixT  otlTcl's  in'tbel^o^rijie',  Ooiistitutionnnd 

•  Littiriy^of  tlicp'liurcb;  *  •'  *  '*.  •*•« 

()^^^l^ti()^  the  proposed  Oiiiious  IV,  VI»  VII,  Vlll-wcrc 
l;ii<l  on  1?lic  taltic,  thti  lioiif  of  ndjonnimoii't  liavijiof  ari^vcjl. 
On  motion  tlic  Ilbiisc  a(l;onrnc(l.  «, 


e^KVENTH  DAY'S  SES^tON. 

*     'AVeunj:sdayjN''ove?1ker  lOiii,  1SC)2. 


retain  for  the  prcj^ent.  Canon  "HI,  "»0f  J\i^liop:'.'" 


»• 


oi:  i'lotion  Mcf!sn,i>-c  I-for  2o,  from  llic  i '  •  •_ 

•  ^va^5  [ukcniiii}>,  and  thu4i'o]i(JVvyiigVrc.-^o]uti()ii  iuii'iuju :  •  » 

i?6'.s.?ZwA7,  Thal/CanonsIV^VI,  VII,  VIII,<(»f  TitI^JI.>a'o(mvpyef!(<'    » 
'  »(!iis  IIoiLsc,  ill  Message  No.  28,  be  adopted. .      *  •   ^  •       •' 

The  followinsi;  Mossjlo-c  ^l-as  received  fomi'tiic  f[(>nn:'  •  ■ 
Deputies:  ,       '  *  n    -      .      .  *  *      '»  •  ■     : 

The  House  of  Deputies  injY>rinsiIie  Iloitse  of'Bis^ops —  .         • 
'That  it  docs  not  coiKflir  in  the  adoption"  of  ^l\e  aijiendiiiciit  td  Canon  1, 
(  i>t  Title  11,)  entitled  "Tlie  C(M)S9nt   necessary  for   ollici-ifiuj'.^-'' as.eon     • 
,vryed  to  this  House  inMcitisaJ^eNo.  in,.Qf  t\c  llpiise  <»W)fslu)ps— to-u'i^ 
"  r>y  the  addition  of  a  second  section."     ^  '^  »  ^         ,         •     .  -• 

''^■    2.     Any  Bishop  nVay,  at  his  Tiiscrelioii,  license  any  y-*iii(aI>]o    ]-i:v 
.•!i  t(t  act  as  kiy-reader."  "  ,  "."'**  * 

On  Motion  Message  No.  M  was  l.aid,  oii^thc  h\h]h.    . 
,  The  Ibllowinp^  message*  was  i^coiyed  from  llie    JTouhC  ol" 
Dopiiticsi,  ,  .  ■•  *  *  .• 

MESSAGE    NO.    25.  »         \     ,•      *  "       • 

The  House  o/ Deputies  infoKos  th'e  HfSufl.o  rtf  F>i:;hops  Miat'it  ha.^j  .(.-..vi.    .« 
the  followiny;Kesoh;tion5     '  ■    _        '         .  *  •  • 

Rcso%al,  The  House  f)l^\riisho])Sjroi4eiiryiiifi,  that  the  follovvin;^    \y)rd..  •  « 

he  prefixed  to  Canon  J,  II,  llI^l^V,  V,  yj,  yil,  Vlll^as  (•onvcy(^l  lo  tli- 
House  of  BishojjS' — to  wil:  ,         «^  .  '  •  ,  ,     , 

TitleTI.  General  Kcgtilations  of  I^inisiers  and^'theii- dnli^.t.  .  •  ,  ..         • 

On  motion  Message  ]NV»*2^  ^^iil's  laid  on  tbe  table.    .% 
•  The  foUowing  message  was  rcccivQd  from  th.o  IFonse  of 
J^epnties ;  '.','•••'•***' 

*         ,  ••     ••         .f     .'•         , 

-  -MESSAOE    NO.    20.  •         »•  •  '         •  ♦ 

•■  ,T]ie  House  of  Deputie?*v'f'>i"»'i  i^<-'  Hnuse  cf  r.islnn:-,  !i,.ii  il  has  passea* 
the  following  Kesolutio^ :  .  •         *    ' 

Resolved,  The  Ilous^' of  .IVish(ij)s*c'oncni-rii>;r,  11:;!;  '\\l  !'"l!(Mvirici»Canor^fi 
he  adopted,  to-Vit :  *  '■  •  .  '.        ■ 

'ft'fiionj.,  Canon  LL,  Canon  IJL,  Can..;)  iV. 

*         *  , 

«  .  CANOiN   i. 

.        i.V    AAIENAi'.IIITV    AND      O^FENCER   Ff)K    WIIK'H  "   .A«  iH."4If«'EK    MAY     l;K    i'KllIl)    «    » 

'■.ANI>    IT^IlSUE!).        ,  •  ♦  ••  * 

'»      #  •  •  • 

.  !  I'.vciy  JhmfAlcr  shall  he"  «ain,ei»hle  for  ollences  comifiittfed  Ijy- 
liiia  to  the  Lcelesiasti'cal«\ut)iorily  of  fhe  I'iocese'iii  v.lifch  he  is  cfinon-' 
irally  resident  qt  the  li^^ifte  of  the  wliarae.*  ."*  •*■••    •• 

§    2.     Every  Minister  sliall  be  Itahle^to,  pi'e*;<?nlnif'ii!  and  i:«ial,  for   ar.y     .   _ 

•  crime  or  imniorality,  for  disorderly  ccyid-uct,  ■forfirHiik\'nness,'*fwivprofanc 
svvearin'T,  fop  fre(|«cntT'ng  places  lia"hle  t!f)  he  ahnst;d  to  liccntiousfics.s,  a^id 
ri>r  violation  of  the  Constitution *or  Caijon?  ot^1hii|^Churcli.'ot'  of.thc  I>i 

«     ficcHo  to  wlii^h  he  hejo^igs;   and  .oh,  hciffff  found   t;u i  1  ty^  ke  slial^  he  .'i)i 
*  nio:4ishcd,.suspendefl,  or  degraded,    a^'coicling   lo  the  Canonsj)*'jllK  [>i 
ocesc  in  wliir'h  tlic  t.i'ial  talvcs  placr.  '  •    *  ,  "    *  , 

^  -    •.      •  ^ 


ionryivaii  wno  -presents  a  per^^oai  to  uio   i>isiiop   un-  .^loiy 
;  t'cil'iod  ill  ti!c^>iiice   lor   Orflinatifii,    ^viljunit  IuvaJL;'   j^uod 
.MuuMis  ill  ncJiove  tliat  t!ie    roquisitious  f>{'  the   OaiuMis  ^law  br?ii   oom 
i>lie(l  \vH!i,  sl^ll  lielmblo  to  Ecclosiastical^cciisirrc. 

>S  -1.     It"  a  Miiiiiitor   of  lliiri   Clmrch  shall    ho   aoouscj,    hy  piflilir    lu 
iuour,  ol'  di*-oiitinuinj^  till  exorcise  of  the  luiiii^jtcrial  ollioe  witliont  law- 
ful o.l^ise,  or  of  liviii;j<!i  tlio  Iiabitiuil  disuao  of  i>uhlic  Avorsliip  oi;  of  thi 
llo^y  Enoliarist*aecor(liii^j,to  the  ollices'of  this'Cliiirch,  or  of  beiii;^  guillv 
of  scjjimlalous,  imiuoTal  or  dis-nrdorly  coiidnct,  or  oft'vlolatiiii.fthcrar.oii. , 
•or  jircachiiu!;  or  1ncnl(%tiiii.';  heretical  doctrine,  it  shall  bo  tihe.duty  of  the 
Bishop,  '»>r,    if  there   l)o   no    Bighop,    of   tlib   Clerical    n*iend>eBK   ()f  lii» 
Standint,^  (Jonunittee,'  to  spo  that  an  inquiry  l>o.  instituted  as  totlio  trnbli* 
of  snclKpnbl^h;  runiour.  'And  in  'casib'ot' tlic  individual  being  proceeded  , 
:i_;:aiiy^t  and  cqnfictcd'  accordiiig  to>such  rules  or.pfoceps  a;3  may  bo  pro- 
vided by  the  Counoi!s  (if  tlio 'ret;poCtive  Dioceses,  he  shall  lx^adn^oniijlu'd, 
LUispi-nded-op  deijraded,  as  t^ic  ,  luturc  of  the  case  .nii\y''rcquire,  in   cOn  / 
'fonHn.y  v.'itli  thtjir  respective  C'onstitiitions  and  Canons.     AiSd  if  he    by 
de!;raded,  notic<* thereof  slydl  bc*i;ivc'n  to  tjitj  Ecclesiastical  Authojjity  of 
each  Diocese,  and.  rea'd   before  every  congregation  ,(7t"  ^thd   Diocese  to 
which  he 'belongs,  ou>thW  occ!^i(m  of  public    'worslj^p   next  after  the   re 
eeption  of  such  notice,     '      *.   »        ^    ■        "  ,        , 

.'*%**  CANiisF  II. 

SIUAf  OF  rR^SRYTEn.S  AXn  D^eO^S  UNDRn'MlSSlONAP.Y  .TFIlLSDIc'TiOX. 

<    r.  The  jurisdiction  of  'ihis  (Jhurch    extending  in  right,  4houf.;li. 

ui*  hl\\*ays  ill  "form,  to  all  "per.soijs  belonging  to  it  wifcfunjhe  Confederate 

States  find  TcrritorioB,  .it  ^  hereby  enacted,  that  each  Missionary  lUrJiop 
shall  have  jilrisdietibn  over  tht-  cJergy  in  the  district  a'ssigncd  liin),  aiwl 
may,  in  .case- a  pres(yitnient  and  trial  uf  a  clergyuiau  become  proper,  re- 
quest *io  a^ti^ii  of  any  Pr0sbyt<jr3  and  Standing  Committee,  in  any  Di- 
ocese sfithciontly  ^lear,  and  the  pitscntnicnt  and  trial  shall  bo  accoj-ding 
i)  tlic  Cojistitution  "and  Cjifions  of  sJiid  Diocese.  Or,  if»  tFiere  bo  .a 
S^iliding  CoiBntittey  appointed  by  the  Missionary  BislMp'thc  clepical 
members  thereof  ina^'  niake'i>vesentmeMt,  and  the  trfal  shall  take  plade 
K  c(n'dinj>'  t(fntho  Constitutioli  and  Canons. of 'any  Diocese  of  this  CUurch 
wjiicli  nii^y  liavc  been  .'iolfectecV  at  the  time?  of  the  api)ointment  of  euch 
;:^tanding  Committee:- fV»Ut'c/«^,  that  thy  Oourt  slialJ  'be  comijosetl  of  at 
ie.'ist  three  Presbyters,  excluding  the  memb^-.s  olj  the  Standing  Comimit 
tee  and  the  accused.    *  •   '  .  *•        •  t 

ii    ^    If  a!iy  Jliuister  of.  this  ChuKch,   acting   undex   a   Foreign  Jli^ 
:-ioii:ii-y  appointniont,  and  ATitJiiii  thejurisdictioifof  a  foreign  Missionary 
i>isl?<)]),of  this  Churchy  shall    commit;  anjt  oll'ence    for    which  Ministers' 
m',\y  %c  y"h.Ml   and  jiunisl^ed,  or  shall  refuse  obediync^)  to  the  -lawtul  au 
iiiori^' (ff  the,Missignary   Itishop,  such  Clergyman    shnll  boiiroceeded 
.'ucainwCacQ^rding  to*tho  Constitution  und  Canons  of  any  Dioceso  in  this 
(.Miurcli,  \ylrich*.m;tiy  havo  been  selected  at.  the  time  of  the   apoointmenl 
^»f  tiil'»jft*ai'idin<'  Comjnfttee  «f  such  rtii.ssiouary  jurisdiction  :  I'rovhh,!, 

,  tfj.it  aprcleiUmcnt  shull  lirst  ,be  made*by  the  members  of  .said  Standing' 
Coiu'iiitt^e,  or,  if  the  accused  party  Oo  a  mend)cr  of  tjio  Standing  (»oni- 
niittee,  by  \h(^ytheun('end)er  or  members  tlierepf.     ,  .  '• 

^  ,j  '.\  'liliu  Court  /or  tho  frial  of  sucli  Minifjtcr  .-ihall*  consist  of  live 
I'jfesbytefs,  excluding  tliu*  inemlier.-itof  tho  .Standing. Ci)m'miUee ;  o^,  if 
there  bb  il?)t1ive,«th'en  of  "all  the.iiioinbg.s  rtf  s\ieh "  mi.s*ionary  juVisdio 
tinn.     lffb(V(  be  fuore'tlinu    five. 'theM' shall    the  )|||tAndii:g   (.'omiTiittco 


select,  hy  lot,  tnc  nve  ATno  Shan  compose  the  Uourt,  wmcll  Uoilrt   slim 

]u-ocw-(l  ill  tlic  trinl,  ace()]'(Ji;ir^  to  the  Canons  pi  tlie  General  Corincil  <n' 
This  Chu^h,  so  fut  as  the  same,  may  be  applicable  to  sucli  a,  oaso ;  Tan\ 
nvhci'e  no  provision  is  inade  ade(iuate  to  the  exigehcj',  the  Conft  shall 
consider  -aiul  adjudge  the  .case'  according  to  t'lio  principles  of  hiw  and 
Cijnity.     •     ■  •■      . 

*  §  4.'  The  sentence  of  the  Court  shall  be  rendered  U\  the  BishQ,p  of 
such  missionary  jurisdiction,  Yv'ho  sliall  liave  powacr'to  revise  and  modUy 
the  same,  and  the  dc^'ision  of  tlic  Bishop  slifill  nc  iinal  and  conclusive. 

■     ••  -  .CANON  III.  •    .       ^ 

oV.  A  CLERGTMAN    .IN^dNE   DfeOESE    Oil  ,  MISSIONAKy     Dl'fyriiK.  T     CIIAIKiEABI.E      ' 
,  .     w'n;n  MISDEMEANOR  IN  ANOTHER. 

Sj.  If  a  C!lergyman'o'f  this  Church, '  belonginj-;  to  any  Diocese  or  Mis-- 
■   siouary  District,  shall,  in  any  other  Diocese  or  Missionary  District,  con- 
duct hiraselfj  irt  such  a  way  as  to  be    chargeable  with  niisdemeanoi:  ihc 
Ecclesiastical' Authority    thereof  shall  give   notice  of  the  :3an>c  to  the- 
Ecclestastical  Authority  wlici^  he   is   canonically  resident,    exhibiting, 
with  the  information  given,  reasonable  ground  fo^  presuming  its  correct- 
nessf.     If  the  Ecclesiastical   Authority,  when,  thus  informed,  shall   omit, 
^for'thc  space  of  three  months,  to  proceed  "against  the  olfending  Clergy- 
,  man,  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  tlie  Diocese  6r  Mis.sioa^i^y'Disfci'iet,' 
within  whicli  the  alleged  otrelicc  was  "committed,  may  instftute  procoed- 
iugs,  and  the  decision  given  shall  be  coucluSive.  . 

;.■  2.*  If  aClergymriU'  shall  come  temporarily  into  any    Dio?ese,  mulor 
,  •*tlio  imputation  of  having  elsewhere  been  guilty  of  any  crhv.q  or  inisd«- 
'%  meajior,  or  if  an^  Clergyman,  while  sojourning  in  ally  Diocese,  shall  mis 
liehave,  the  Bishop,  upon  probable  cause,  njaj  fOmOnish_  such-Clergyman, 
;utd  forbid  him  to  officiate  "in  said  Diocese.     And   if,  after  such  ])rohibi    • 
'     tion,  the  satd   Clcrgynian  so  ofhciate,  the  Ecclcsiastiral  Ai)i.liority  shall 
.jgive  rfotice  to  all  tli^. Clergy  and  Congregations  in  said  Diocci^c,  that  the 
otTiciating  of  flic  said  Clergyman  js  prohibited;  and  like  notice  shall  hv 
*    giten  to  iiie'Ecclesiasticil  Authority  .of  the  *Dioccse-tO  which  ttie  s.-iid 
Clergyman  belongs.-    And  such  prohibition  shall  contlniTe* in  force,  untH 
the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the  first  named  D  ocfj&e  be  satitfie^  of  the 
iniiocfence  of  the  said  Clergyman,  o'r  uiitii'hc  1/e  nequitted  on^rial. 

§3.  The  provisiqiii?  of  the' last  Section  iliall  apply  to  Clergymen  (ir- 
daincd  in  fo'reign  countries  by  Bishops  iii  coinifmnion  Vvith  this.CJiurcli  : 
Pro'vklcll,- i]\a,t  in  sucli  ca^^e  notice  of  the  prohibition  shall  bcgiveu  to'.iie 
Ecclesiastical  w^uthority,  under  whose  jurisdiction  the  Clergyman  shall 
appear  to  have  last  lieen,,^nd  vako  fo  all  t.heBisho,ps  t^xoycisijig  jurfsdic* 
'     tion  ill. this  Church.  "    ■  r* 

■ '       •  CANON  IV.  "  •    { 

OF   r.ENUNCI/rnON,  OF   THE    MINISTRY?  i       *     • 

g  1.  If  any  Minister  of  this  Church.,  ■  againk  whom  there  is  no  Ecelc- 
•ciastical  proceeding  instituted,  shall/ieclare,"  in  v/riting,  to  the  I^celesias. 
tical  Aidhority  to  which  he  belongs,  his  renunciation'  of  tlid  Ministiy,  mid  * 
his  design  not  to  ofhciate  in  fdturd  in  any  of  the,  ofiices  .thcrt'of^  said 
't'lcclcsiastical  Authority  shall  record  .ihe  dcclaratinti  so  inade^  The 
Bishop  shall  thou  depoV>  liim  froin  the  Mijiistry,  ami  i)ronounco*and  re-  • 
cord  in  ^hc  presence  of  two  qr  more'.Clcygyinei),  thJit  the  pcysoiir^o  dc-- 
•clarini^^lias  been  deposed  from  tlieMinii^ti'}'  of  this  ChnrVh  ;  and  it  there 


»  •   '  •    •  • 

.  •  .  .- 


•  • 


ucii  Biool 

■:y.  other  i  , 

:au:i;t!.  lur  i!i;;;  ;)m'pose.  •    .  ,^ 

<^  2.  If  tlie'Eoclosiasticnl   Aurtiojity,    to   \\iioin   .-^iicii  ^ledaration  rc-» 
•louacinjjj  tlic  IvRlifstry  is  iiindof  slmll  have   rcfison  to  believe  tliat  tlic 
]>ersou  lifts  acted   un:ulviscdly  and   hastily,  all  action  thereupon  nigybo 
lorborno  ioi^tlio  space  of  not  move  than  six  inonyis,  durini!;  wlncli  time' 
the  i»ei'son  may  withdraAv  his  ai)i^lication. 

j'^  :>.  It'  the  Bishop  sliall  have  sronnd  to  snppos ;  the  person  to  bo  liable 
to  i>i'eson^meutrfor  ai'jy  canonical  oficnce,  he  may,  in  liis  discretion,  and 
with,  the  consent  of  tlio  Stanfling  Cgmmittee,  proceed  to  have  the  ajipli- 
eant  f\it  ujlQif  Ins  triiil,  uot^vithstanding  .jiis  havu\^  made  the  aforesaid 
declaration;  and  tlie  sMiie.  discretion  ts  allowed  to  the  StahUuig  Com- 
mitter 1n»caso  the  Diocese  should  be  without  a  Bishop.  *,  , 

§•4.  In  the  caso  of  depositroi*  from  the  Ministry,  as  abovp  provicfid  "for, 
t  lie  Bishop  shfill  fTive  noticQ  .  thereof  to  the  Ecclesiastical  AirtLoi;ity  ot 
every  Iiiocese_^of.t]iiS  Oiiurcll.  '        *.  *^ 

On  mdtioii,  »*'* 

•  ResoIrc(I,^T]iat  Canon  I,  Citiiou   II,  Canon  III,  and  Canon  IV  (of  Title' 

!  1 1)  as  ^onveyec>  to   this  House  in  Mcssjige   No.  2fi   froia  the   ITonse  of 

i»emu|es,  be  adopt?ed,  with* the  foUtiwinij;.  amendment: 

By  thcfaddition  of  the  foUowiMi,'  Manse  to  Canon  IV. 

".And  if  the  Cl«rp;yman  be  deposed  for  anyJhinij;  involving  moral  dog 

^;ldati(^n,  »8uoh  notica  slinll  be   react  .before  'every  congregation  of  llio 

!)io#t^>  ti)  wl^jCh  he  belongs,  onthc-oacasion  o^publicAWorship'  next  affer  .' 

the  repeptiou  of  siTcli  notice."        •  .      *        ..     •       •       ' 

,    "  .'       ' '  •  •        / 

Bishop  Af If ifisoii  fnibniiftcd  thjiTonowing' 


KErOET 


^  •"•  1  beltatilioatioiiof  the  Hooic  of  Cftiimioii  Bi*iyor  by'  the  Rishojyi^,  Hie 
*'^'!onry,«.uid  tliQfB;iity.n(the  Protestant   E[)jsco'iKd  Church    in  ^le  Coii- 

«"U'dei'.ftj.'  jStates  of  Amt*fica  in  Council  tliis. day  of  November,  in  th^ 

"vejir  <>l  oni-  Lor;l,o»e  thtuKaud,  ciffiit  hundred  and  sixty-two.      '  .,     * 

'■J'h^a  (..,nift;il    liaving    in   its  pre^^'nt,   Ses<;ion    set  ■tV>rlh    .1    Book  of 
•li'oiiUjiiMi  l*ra}i^r^and  A<liiiiiTistitirt(ul  «.f  tjio  Saca-anients  and  otiiei' Kitoji*' 
•  ;iii|l  Ceremouiiis  of  tiio  Chun^h,  flo  he»eby'ost:^blii;h*  the  ^*lii<l  liOxd.,  «nd 
*   •■deel:ii-c  it    ti>  b.- Ttio  'T,ifiir^'-\'  nf  fbi^'  (^linr(^i,    •md    r,-,iinr,.   ;lr:(    if    I.. 


.••        • 


'icriivcd  as  such  1^  all  the  m^ilicrs  of  the  same.  Aud  this  Boolv 
'shall  hv  ill  use  from  a^jdflf^rtho  lirst  (\ay  of  Deecinber,  in  the  yeju*  of 
i'onr  Lord  ofie  tliousaiid  tight  hnndred  ami  sixty-two. 
»  8.  ZiVso/yfic:?,  The  llV>usc  of  Deputicti  doiieurring,  th'at'a  Coiniiiitteo  ot 
three#I5ishops,  three' Presbyters  and  tliree  -Laymen  he  appointed  who 
shall  i)rc'pare  a  Preface  |,o  said  Book  of  Gonunoii  Prayer,  to  he  submitted 
to  tl^f  next  i!;cueral  Council,  and,  if  approved  by  it,  to  be  prefixed  tof.aid 
Hook.  »        ^  '    • 

#.  Jknaolvoi,  The  House  of  Deputies  concurring,  that   the  sa»ie»Ooni- 
mittee  bb  authorized  to  publish    an  Edition  of  said  Book  for  tlie  present 
i^se  of  the  Churfch. 
5.   Rcsolocd,  The  House  of  Deputies  concurring,  Ihat  while  this  gener- 
^    (wal  Council  recognizes  it ^  duty  to  set   fortli.  a  Standard   Edition  ot'  the 
•    l[ol^  Scriptures,  yet,  in  its  judgment,  the  present   condition  of  the  coun- 
try i||);ikes*it  expedient  to  postpone  the  execution' thereof. 

-  ''.  THOMAS  ATKINSON, 

•  Chairman  Committee  on  the  i5ible  imd-B&ok  of  Common  Prayer, 

Oil  motion,         ■  . 

Refiohcd^  That  the  Report  be  received,  and  the  Kesolut-ions  be  adup^^;-.! 

On  motion  the '  Secj-ctary  was  onlerod  to  transmit  the 
.  re^luti6ns  to  iho  lloiiso  of  Deputies. 

,  '     The  fpUojvinsj'  tnessage  was  j-cccivcd  irom  the  House *of 
Beputies :         "  > '        ^  l^*  ■      ' 


MKSSAOE  ^'0.  'li. 


« 


The  House'  of  Deputies  inform;;  the  House  <>^' Bir^liop-s  that  it  has  piv^oed 
•     the  following  Resolution:    •  -  .  «      * 

•  ResolbciJ.,  TheHouse  of  Bislu9[)s  foncnrring,  that  this  General  Co.,rtncil 
•  do  adipiiril  on  next  Satjurday.     .  ;  "      ,  . 

On  motion,  message  No.  27  was  Laid  on  the  table. 

Message  No.  24  wn«  called  up,  when  on  motioirof  JJishop 
Atkinson  it  was      ^  .        ..  „     */  '     ' 

Resolved.,  That'this  -Hoiise  insi^tL*  on  thtf  ai'hendment^  offered  by  it  to» 
Canon  J,  ofTitlell,  and  requests  a  potiforoxics  with  the  HouSeof  Deputies. 

The  follovvinc:  Messac:e*'(vai5  received  jfro'm  the«IIotisc  of  * 
,       ., Deputies :    '     '  ♦" 

••,  MESSAGE  KQt  28.  ■  .      ■        ,  ,     '  '  ,  ' 

^      *    •  .  The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  Hoyso  of  Bishops,  that  it  has  passed 
«       the'foHowing  resolution :  '    *     . '  ^^  '  * 

^Resoltcd^  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  that  the  Diocese  oi  .4i'l<an - ' 
^    ,*     •sas  having  fulliUed  all  the  Constitutional  requirements  in  such,<!alc  made  * 
^         I      anci  i)rovidcd  bo  admitted  into  unitui  with  this  Council.*  V  »     ♦ 

•  *••«#  'A    .,  •  '  *•    • 

•  .  On  iTiotion,      ,  \  ,  .*         •  • 

liholved.  That  message  No.  28  from  thejfouse  ot  De^iitties  he  refeAcd    ^ 
*  to  ft  s]icrial  Committee.  •*  .     ,'  '      .  •  « 

..      ^ 


•   «         ••    • 


« 
•  ••  •    ••. 


•  *. 


1862.]     .,  ^  •    HOUS.B  OF  Sl^IOPS.  *    »  . '        .  .••/>  Wl      * 

The  PrTsiSin^  Bishop   appointed,  on  'said   CoA\i^l!>eo'*  •^   % 
Bishops  Johns,  Atkinsou  and  Wilmcr.  .  •  .  •"   .      »   '•\* 

Bishop  Lay  presented  certain  documents  in  relation  1 6     %•••*! 
•  the  Dioceae  of  Arkansas,  which,  on  motion,  w  eroa;i^^/ani.l- .'     *• 
referred  to  th€  special  Committee.  "•^*^|-**    • '^V 

*^    On  motion  the  House  adjourned,      j"^-^  -Jiv^aAl^I'^  >^'*''*. 

"     '   '  •  ■  \  '  .      =  -  f      ' 

EIGHTH  DAY'S  SESSION. Vt1?SlJ-J 
•  ,     t,   ;;2^  Tiiuk^day;  K9V.  i!^ 

The  "House  met  pursuant  to  adjonrnnicut 
yesterday. 

•,    The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  reat^  iiiu 
Bishop  Johns  submitted  the  following 

REPORT.  .^l 

The  Special  Coramittee  to  whom  \rere  referred  tli©  ReKofntioir  4?ii^ » 
House  of  Deputies  relative  to  the  admission  otv  the  Diooese  of  ArkJiiisa^;,     '    '^ 
and  also  the  Journal  of  the  Primary  Council   of  that  Diocesb/witli  its.'     ,■••*%' 
Constitotioa  and  Canons,  report,  that  the  requirenionts  of  the  Constitu-!. .        _    »^ 
•t ion  appear  to  have  been  fully  (ipniplied  witli,  apd  recouiniciur  tUo  ad(#|i         >       * 
tion  of  the  tbllowing  liesolution:  '  -•,     •, '    -,••.•• 

^e^olvcd.  That  the  House  of  Bishops  concur  in  the;iicsoru{it)n  of  itre*  .       •^^ 

01136  of  Deputies  admitting  the  piooeso  of  Arkansas  to  aiiif^n'wiUt  tyjvA't^        t^ 

t        ■■••-'"  -         •   • 


jit-ainvvu,    xuub  uuo  iluu^B■  ui    ui^uuifi*  cuiirur   in  lu«  rvestmmim  .ill'  pnt».         ^ 

jf  .  ^01136  of  Deputies  admitting  the  piooeso  of  Arkansas  to  anion'\viU,t  tyjvA't^    , 
*  ■  .felSreseatation  in  the  Generial  Council  of  this  Church.       '   '  .  "  ?  *Ti   •» 

V'r.     •  .    "J.  jOlIi^S,    ■'.>  \, 


'  •     •    •    .rf  •  Chalruiai,.  5.    ,     -  - 

•         On  motion,  the  Repoi-tiwas  received  and  the  T^esoll^fojk.'  *•      \y 
.'*    adopted.  v';?^*'   ^.;-»  • 

On  motion,  the  Secretary  was  ordered   to  transmit  thy.    /^* 
.    Report,   and   accompanying  Resohition   to   the  Uouso   ot^;*/W'*»i 
,        '-Deputies.  "'.  .  V^',* 

,  .••         0n  motion  of  Bishop  Atkinson,  the  following^  V''<^aMil'^^**.*'  >•      **' 
^■'  •    and  Resolution  were  adopted :  .    ,,     •  '\     '  ..'  v"^  .       •  ♦. 

y>r7ierf(Z^,  Satisfactory  evidence  has  been  laid'before  thislIiHiso  that  tfi«>     •   *       •! 
Diocese  oi  Arkansas  has  beep  duly  ot-ganizcd,  and  that  the,Ilieht'Kj.'U 
Henry  C.  Lay,'  P-  P.,  has  been  dtily  elected  Bishop  thereof,  thorCfuird  '     *  *  *  ^t 
Resolved^  That,  the  llonso  of  Deputies  concurring,  the  Uenei;^!  Oouncjl    •«  « 

ratifies  and  confirms  the  election  of  the  Right  Rev.  Ilenpy'C.  •;i^.iy,D.  l//^/*»  H« 
ta  be  Bishop  of  the  Piocese  of  Arkansas.  *f  .*4     ••*%»' 

,  ^  •••'■'On  motion,  the  above  Preamble  and  Resohition  we^(St '  •    ' 
i*  f    (Icred  to  bo  transmitted  to  the  House  of  Deputies.  '**%»*•    • 

•      "      On  motion,  tlie  RcsoUitioii  whereby  Canon  lU,  of  ^l^itlc?.^^.^,  • 
II,"wa3  adopted,  was  rescinded,  and  tlie  said  jC/iuiuu  <  iill.'d'.^  .H  • 
upjfqi;cpii9ideratit)n..  ,;/•  ■  ,:^^^      -,       /.  .,         ^    /  | 

•  .••11      ,..       .    •' .ir^'.^^V    •  %     • 


JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAJ.  C0UNCIL,-3f   -  [fitli  Da^ 


On  motion  Of  Bisliop  "Wilmer,' -the  following  paragraph  in 
"Seotiou  2,  was  inserted :  '    •    '      ' 


[4.]  When.tlid  election  of  a  Bishop  occurs  within  the  three  mopths  pre- 5  < 


^^         cedins;  the  regular  meeting  of  the  General  Council,  the  Standing  Commit 
*A  ■    tec  of  the  Diocese  shall  communicate  to  the  General  Council  the  de- 
J^'\    i^ire.of  tiie  pioceso,  for  tlie  Consecration  of  the  Bishop  elect,  together 


♦ 


'^  with  evidence  of  his  election,  and  the  testimonial  required  hy  §2  [1] 'of 

•  ^f.*  fli'ii'., Canon  \  and -if  a  majority  of  botli  orders. in  the  House  of  Deputies  »     " 
,  ^    ■  shaH  consent  to  the  proposed  Consecration  and   shall  sign  and  transmit   »**»     I 
^  »  .'  « !(>  ttio  House' of  Bishops  the  testimony  contained  in  §  2  [2]  of  this  .Canon  ;       .  .vt 

,  .  and  if  a  majority  of  the  Bishop's  entitled  to  seats  in  the  House  of  Bishops  ■'"        •  • 

,  sliallCousont  to.the  proporicd  Consecration,  the   Presiding  Bishop  shall-     ***. 

I  ^  't.'ti:e.oi"dai'  foif •tij.f^  same.  .  • 

■  .*p*.^^»*  On  motion,  paragrapli  4  was  oliauged  to  paragraph  5.- 
^%*  *^  J*^Lh\  igotio]!  of  Eishop  Lay,  the  following  clause  was  in- 
'•^     ^dVted.in  paragraph' 4  of  Section  9,   a,fter  the  words  "  an- 
^#  ,  ^loiiucod'hy  him"  :  ,■.'' 

ji*    ••  ji»''''"l>r-^f  the  Missionary  Bishop beelectedDiocesauwithin.threeBtonths  ,     ^« 

pAn'o'cJingthe-meeting  of  the  General  Council  with  the  consent  of  three-  ^* 

*•  •       tourtlis  of  both  orders  present  in  the   House  of  Deputies  and  of  three-  »^        < 

•  V.   'tunrtliS  of  the  Bishops  pr^esent  in  the  House  of  Bishops."  , 

>^    '■■*.'  ^  * 

|--.    •*\rOu  hiotion,.  »    .'    . 

d»     ^  ,  o.licsoUed,  T'hsii  Canon  III.  (of  Title  If.)  as  amended,  be  adopted.  ••^^ 

•^•'    /-.  Tbc .fallowing  message  was  received  from  the  Ilouge/gf .  • 

•  ,' \i-l)opaties  :  .  ■  -''C-*.-     • 

T53<fe:iS4(jK  NO.  21).  ■      •f. 

•  *•'»■'-'•'  •  •  ■• 

^%    ♦ ,  ^<  'The  House  of  Dcprities  informs  the  Udusc'pf  Bishops  that  it  hjis'pa^-  •, 
*'*,•  tjau "the  following Eeaoilvlt^on:  ,       •  _,.   •^•'*.v'*„'         •      '^    •  '    ,  ,  ;■  .  * 

•'J»  •ft  l^esohxJ,  The  House-  of  Bishops  concnrrmg,  that  Article  V  'ot^tlie 
»'»Tr  CJonstifciitiun  of  this  Church  be  amended  by  striking  .out  all  after  the 
;^  '     ''v*)rd.s  "Article  A'','' and  inserting  the  following  :  J 

,  •.     "  Every  Diocesan  Council  shall  be  composed  of  the  Bishop  or  Bishops  - 

•  '■  of  the  DioreSK,  and  of  such  other  clergymen  and  such  Lay-rcpresentn-*'. 

"  tion  as  '-hi'ijl  be  determined  by  the  Constitution  thereof."  *  ^  . 

iJn  inotron,        .... 

I'esohed,  Jhat  this  Ilmise.concurs  in  the  ameudmeot  of  Article  V  of 

«•»  i  •  »  tht)  Coustit'atioii,  as  conveyed  in  Message  iSTo.  20  from  the  House  of  Dep- 

•    ^.•>nti^s..  "         ■       ■  .  •  . 

»  ••  '*"*•*  T^he  follow  in  f;- ■  Me^^sagB,  was  received    front  -the  House 

•  f  *•    of  l>opiitie|5: 


"  -    ,    *^  The -House  ot  Deputies  informs  the  Hoy'se^jf  Bishops  that  it  has  passed  • 
'^»  ••till  e  following  Resolution  :  ,     .'-V  "'     ' 

•'      /iV-.^Y>fe^?..  The.Hon^ 


# 
\ 


lelwpiji!/. 

that  ti 

he  follow 

•    - 

iag  Can On      ' 

•4 

•     • 

• 

1862.]  .  nOUSE  OF  BISHOPS.  •      ^^*  Hsn 

CANON  V. 

OF    THE    AllAXnOXMENT    OF   THE   COMMlXIOif    OF   TUI.S  CIiriH.  II     I  V     A      ;  l.r>- 
^     .  BYTER  OK  DEACON.  • 

§  1,  If  any  Presbyter  or  Deacon  shall,  without  av.iiliiig  hiin.^elfof  tlio 
provisions  of  Caoon  IV.  of  this  Title,  abandon  the  Conimnnion  of  this 
Churdi,  either  l)y  an  open  renunciation  of  the  doctrine,  discipline  and 
worship  of  this  Church,  or  by  a  formal  admission  into  any  religions  body 
not  in  communion  with  the  same,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Stnndiiitc 
Committee  of  tlie  Diocese  to  malio  certiticatc  of  the  fact  to  the  Pislioj) 
of  the  Diocese,  or,  if  there  be  no  Bishop,  to  tJie  liisho])  of  an  adjacent 
Diocese  ;  which  certificate  shall  be  recorded,  and  sliall  be  talveii  and 
deemed  by  the  l^ishop  .is  equiv.alent  to  a  renunciation  of  the  Miiiislry  by 
the  Minister  Iiimsclf.  Notice  shall  tlien  bo  ?;iven  to.  the  said  ilinister, 
by  the  said  Bishop  receiving  the  certificate,  that  unless  he  shall;  witiiin" 
six  months  after  being  notified,-  make  declaration  that  the  facts  alleged  in" 
said  certificate  are  false,  he  Avill  be  deposed  from  the  Ministry  of  this 
Clnirch. .  .  •  " 

§  2.  And  if  such  declaration  be  not  made  within  six  months  as  afore- 
said, the  Bishop  shall  depose  said  Minister  from  the  Ministry,  and'  pro- 
nounce and  record,  in  the  presence  of  two  or  more  Presbyters,  that  be 
has  been  so  deposed.  * 

Provided,  ne^certhelcas,  {hat  if  the  Minister  so  renouncing  shall  trans- 
mit to  the  Bishop  receivingjthe  certificate,  a  retraction  of  the  acts  or 
declarations  constituting  his  oftcnce,  the  I)islioi>  may,  at  his  discretion, 
abstain  from  any  further  proceedings. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  Canon  V  (of  Title  III)  ".Of  the  abamloiniient  of  ibe 
communion  of  this  Church  by  a  Presbyter  or  Deacon"  as  conveyed  to 
this  House  in  Message  No.  oO,  from  the  House  of  Deputies,  I)c  adopted. 

The  following  message  was  received  from  the  JIoiisc  of 
Deputies : 

MESSAGE   XO.  31. 

.The  House  of  Deputies  inforn^s  the  House  of  Bisliujis  tlmi  ii.  Iia.--  passed 
the  following  Resolution  : 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishop?  concurring,  that,  the  f.illowing  C:in(.n 
bo  adopted-:  to-wit : 

CA^ON  YI. 

.  OF   A  CLEKGYMAX  ABSEXTIXCi  niMSEI.F  mo.U  Ifls  Dioi  r.si;. 

'  When  a  Clergyman  Las  been  absent  from' the  Diocese  to  wliidi  be 
belongs,  during  two  years'  without  roasoiis  s»ati.sfactory  tj>  the 'Bislio[i 
thereof,- ho  sliall  be  rctpiir^d  by  tho  J>ishop  to  dechive  the  cause  -oi- 
<?ausOs  thereof  in  writing;  and  if  lie  refuse  to  give  his  re;w>ons,  or  if  (hey 
bo  deemed  insutticieut  by  the  iJislmp,  the  Bislu)p  may,  after  duc.notifii>ii» 
tion  of  such  insufliciency,  with  the  ndvico  anU  consent  of  the  Clcriciil 
Members  of  tho  Standing  Connnittee,  suspend  him  from  iho' Minisiry  ; 
wliicii  suspension  shall  continue  until  lio  shall"give,  in  writing,  snlTicifiit 
reasons  for  his  a]>3eiice,  or  ilutil  he  sliall  renew  his-residcnce'in  Ids  Di»> 


.  I 


'  1G4  Oi^URNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.  [8th  Day. 

cese,  or  until  he  shall  renounce  the-  Ministry  according  to  Canon  IV.  of 
this  Titloi  In  the  case  of  such  suspension  as  ahoVe  provided  for,  the 
Bishop  shall  give  notice  thereof  to  the  Ecclcsiastioal  Authority  of  every 
Diocese  of  this  Church. 

•   On  motion, 

ResoUeH,  That  Canon  VI.  (of  Title  III.)  entitled,  "  Of  a  clergyman 
absenting  himself  from  his  Diocese",  as  conveyed  to  this  House  in'  Mes- 
sage No.  31  from  the  House  of  Deputies,  be  adopted. 

The  following  message  from  the  House  of  Deputies  was 
received : 

MESSAGE  NO.  32. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  has  pass- 
ed the  following  resolution : 

Resohedy  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  that  the  following  Canon 
be  adopted,  to-wit :  '         ' 

CANON  VIL 

OF  THE  ABANDONMENT  OF   THE  COMMUNION  OF  THE  OHUECH  BY  A  BISHOP. 

If  any  Bishop  abandon  the  Communion  of  this  Church,  either  by 
openly  renouncing  its  doctrine,  discipline  and  worship,  or  by  formally 
uniting  himself  with  any  religious  body  not  in  communion  with  the 
same,  the  Standing  Conlmittee  of  the  Diocese  shall  make  certificate  of 
the  fact  to  the  senior  Bishop,  which  certificate  shall  be  -recorded,  and 
siiaJI  be  taken  and  deemed  as  equivalent  to  a  renunciation  of  the  Minis- 
try by  the  Bishop  himself. 

Notice  sliall  then  be  given  to  said  Bishop  by  the  senior  Bishop  re- 
ceiving the  certificate,  that  unless  he  shall,  within  six  months  after  be- 
ing notified,  make  declaration  that  the  facts  alleged  in  said  certificate 
are  false,  he  will  be  deposed  from  the  Ministry  of  this  Church, 

And  if  .such  declaration  be  not  made  within  six  months  as  aforesaid, 
the  senior  Bishop,  withithe  consent  of  the  majority  of  the  House  of 
Bishops,  shall  depose  from  the  Ministry  the  Bishop  so  certified  as  aban- 
doning, and  shall  pronounce  and  record,  in  the  presence  of  two  or  more 
Bisliops,  that  he  has  been  so  deposed. 

On  motion  of  Bishop  Johns, 

Jicsoloed,  That  the  words  "  House  of  in  the  2d  line  of  the  3d  clause 
bo  striclccn  out,  and  the  words  "  entitled  to  seats  in  the  House  of  Bish- 
ops" be  inserted  after  the  word  "  Bishops"  in  the  3rd  line. 

On  motion, 

liesolcccl,  That  Canon  VII.  (of  Title  III.)  as  convoyed  to  this  House 
from  the  House  of  Deputies  in  Message  No.  32  be  adopted,  as  amended. 

The  following  Message  was  received,  from  the  House  of 
Deputies :  •  •       "  ' 

MESSA6E  NO.  33. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that*'  it  has  passed 
tlie  following  Resolution  :.  . 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  that  the  following  Canon 
be. adopted, to-wit :  *  ,     ^ 


1862.1  .   HOUSE  OF  BISHOPS.     "  ir.:> 

>  CANON  VIII. 

OF   TUE   TRIAL   OF   A   BlSlfOl', 

§  1.  Any  Bishop  of  this  Chnrcli  may  be  presented  for  trial  onoljarges 
for  tlie  following  oftcnces,  viz:  (1.)  Crime  or  immorality.  •  (2.)  llolftino; 
and  teaching  publicly  or  privatcTy,  nnd  advised!}',  any  doctrine. contrary 
to  that  held  by'  tlie  Protestant  Episcopal  Cluircli  in  tlic  CoDfcderato 
States.  (3.)  Violation  of  the  Constitution  or  Canons  of  tlie  ftcneral 
Council.  (4.)  Violation  of  tlio  Constitution  or.  Canons  of  the  Diocese 
to  whicli  ho  belongs.^  (5.)  Any  act  which  involves  a  breach  of  liis  Ordi- 
nation or  Consecration  vows. 

§2.  [1.]  The  proceedings  sliall  commence  by  charges  in  writing;  and, 
exceiit  wlien  the  charge  is  holding  and  teaching  doctrine  contrary  to  that 
held  by  this  Church,  sliall  be  signed  by  either 

Five  nmlc  communicants  of  this  Church,  in  good  standing,  belonging 
to  the  Diocese  of  the  accused,  of  whom  two  at  least  nmst  be  Presby- 
ters; or, 

By  seven  nude  ConmmnicanttJ  of  this  Church,  in  good  standing,  of 
whom  two  at  least  shall  be  Presbyters,  and  three  of  which  seven  shall 
belong  to  the  Diocese  of  the  accused. 

[2.]  Whenever  a  Bishop  of  this  Church  shall,  have  reason  lo  licl^pve 
that  there  are  in  circulation  rumours,  reports,  or  charges  aflecting  his 
moral  or  religious  character,  he  niay,  if  he  please,  acting  in  conformity 
with  the  written  advice  and  consent  of  any  two  of  his  brother  Bishops 
whom  lie  may  select,  demand  of  the  Presiding  Bishop  of  the  House  of 
T'>ishops,  or  if  he  be  the  Bishop  attected  by  such  rumoui-s,  or  if  he  l>e 
related  to  him  within  tlie  degrees  hereinafter  mentioned,  then  of  the  Bishop 
next  in  seniority  not  so  related,  to  convene  a  Board  of  Imiuiryin  the 
mode  hereinafter  set  forth,  to  investigate  such  rumours,  reports,  and 
chargee,  and  to  proceed,  in  all  respects,  according  to  the  provision  of 
this  Canon,  as  if  charges  had  been  formally  made  in  either  of  the  two 
ukkIcs  first  mentioned  in  this  section, 

[3.]  Whenever  ehargcs  are  formally  made  in  either  of  the  modes  -(iisl 
above  mentioned,  the  accusers  may,  if  they  choose,  select  a  Lay  Conimu 
nicant  of  this  Church,  of  the  profession  of  the  law,  to  act  as  their  advh- 
ser,  advocate  and  agent,  in  preparing  the  accusation,  proofs,  etc.,  until  such 
time  as  a  Board  of  Inquiry  is  convened  in  such  manner  as  is  hereinafter 
])rovidodfor  ;  or  they  may  prepare  such  charges  themselves,  without  re- 
gard to  any  particular  form  ;  and,  in  either  case,  the  grounds  of  accusation 
must  be  set  forth  with  reasonable  certainty  of  time,  place  and  circum- 
stance. 

§  3.  The  charges  having  been  prepared  in  either  of,  the  modes  first 
above  miintioned,  shall  then  be  delivered  to  the  Presiding  Bishop  of  this 
Church,  if  he  bo  not  the  accused,  nor  related  to  tlie  accused  in  any  degree 
mentioned  hereinafter  in  this  Canon  ;  in  cither  of  which  cases,  tbocharg<'s 
shall  be  delivered  to  the  next  Bislio])in  seniority  not  so  related. 

§  4.  A.Board  for  making  a  preliminary  inquiry  into,  charges  thus  pre- 
ferred, shall  be  constituted  as  follows,  wbcncvor  such  Board  sh.ill  bo  neces- 
sary, viz : 

[1.]  The  Presiding  Bishop,  or  senior  Bishop  .as  the  case  may  i)C,  to  wliom 
sucli  charges  are  delivered,  Shall  take  the  list  of  Deputies  to  the  last  Gen- 
ornl  Council  that  was  held  before  such  charges  were  presented,  ami  from 
that  list  shall  choose  by  lot  two  Presbyters  and  two  Laymen  from  the  dep- 
utation of  the  Diocese  of  the  accuscd^and  twq  presbyters  and  two  Laymen 


ir.r,  .TOUKNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.        [Sth  Day/ 

iViim  ea^-li  of  I  lie  rcs])cctive  deputations  of  tlio  tlirce  Dioceses  ;id}oiuii)g  t  Jiat 
of  tlio  seeiised  ;  and  if  there  be  not  three  adjoining,  of  the  three  nearest 
thereto ;  and  if  more  th.an  three  Dioceses  adjoin  that  of  the  accused,  those 
thi-ee  tliatiiave  the  largest  niunber  of  canonically-resident  Presbyters  in 
them  shall  be  accounted  adjoining,  for  the  purposes  of  tliis  Canon;  and 
the  sixlecn  individiials  thus  selected  by  lot  shall  constitute  the  Board  of 
Imiuiry,  a  inaforityof  whom  shall  form  a  Quoruin  fordoing  business.      ' 

[-2.]  The  Presiding  Bishop,  or  next  in  seniority  as  the  case  may  be,  im- 
m'^diatelyi  after  thus  selecting  by  lot  the  Board  of  Inquiry,  shall  give  no- 
tice thereof  to  each  member  of  said  Board,  and  direct  hini  to  attend  at  a 
lime  and  place  designated  by  him,  and  organize  the  Board  ;  and  it  shall 
l>e  the  duty  <if  each  member  so  to  attend.  .  The  place  must  be  within  the 
Diocese  ol'  the.  accused.  The  Presiding  Bis^iop  shall,  at  the  same  time, 
seu<Va  copy  of  thechargfesto  the  senior  Presbyter  of  those  thus  selected 
by  lot  from  the  four  Dioceses. 

]:!.J  On  a-.sscmb]ing,  the  Board  shall  organize  by  choosing  from  among 
theniselves  a  President  and  Secretary,  and  shall  ialso  appoint  a  Church  Ad- 
vocate, who  must  be  a  Lay  Communicant  of  this  Church,  and  of  the  pro- 
fession of  the  law,  and  who  thenceforward  shall,  in  all  stages  of  the  pro- 
ceedings, if  a  ti-ial  be  ordered,  represent  the  Church,  and  be  the  party  on 
the  oneJiand,  while  theaccusedis  the  party  on  the  other.  The  sittings  of 
tlu!  Board  shall  be  private  ;  the  Church  Advocate  shall  not  attend  aspfos- 
ecutingTounsel,  but  shall  be  atall  times  at  hand  and  in  readiness  to  give 
his  advice  in  all  questions  submitted  to  him  by  theBoard. 

[  1.]  In  conducting  the  investigation,  tlie  Board  shall  hear  the  accusations 
;uul  sucli  proof  as  the  accusers  may  produce,  and  shall  determine  whether, 
upoti  matters  oi'  law  and  of  fact,  as  presented  to  them,  there  is  sufficient 
t;round  to  ]>ut  the  accused  Bishoj)  upon  liis  trial ;  and  in  such  investigation, 
as  well  as  in  all  cases  of  trial  by  an  Ecclesiastical  Court  now  authorized,  or 
hereafter  to  be  authorized,  by  the  Constitution  or  Cauons  of  the  General 
Council,  the  laws  of  the  State  in  which 'such  investigation  or  trial  is  hafd, 
so  far  as  they  relate  to  tfhe  law  of  evidence,  shall  be  adopted  and  taken  as 
the  I'ules by  which  the  said  Board  or  Court  shall  be  governed.  If  a  ma- 
jority of  the  Board  present  on  such  investigation  shall  be  of  opinion  that 
there  are  sufficient  grounds  to  put  the  accused  Bishop  uylon  his  trial,  they 
shall  di^rectthe  Church  Advocate  to  prepare  a  presentment  to  be  signed 
by  such  of  the  Board  as  a_gree  thereto  ;  and  to  that  eM,  shall  place  in  his 
hands  all  the  charges,  together  with  the  testimony  that  has  been  laid  be- 
fore the  Board. 

[5.]  The  Board  shall  then  direct  the  Church  Advocate  to  transmit  to  the 
Bishop  from  whoni  they  received  the  charges,  the  presentment  thus 
signcid  ;  and  shall  cause  him  also,  Avithout  delajv  to  se-ud  to  the  accusfed 
Bishop  a  copy  of  the  same,  cerfitied  by  the  Church  Advocate  to  be  correct.. 

[^1  If  a  majorityof  the  Board  present  shall  be  of  opinion  that  there  is 
not  suflicient  ground  to  put  the  accused  Bishop  upon  his  trial,  in  such  case, 
ihe  charges,  together  Avith  a  certificate  of  the  President'  of  the  Board  of 
its  refusal  to  make  a  presentment,  shall  be  sent  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
House  of  Bishops,  to  be  deposited  among  the  arcliives  of-  that  House.  And 
no  proceedings  shall  thereafter  be  had  by  way  of  presentment  on  such 
charges,  excei)t  upon  the  affidavit  of  a  respectable  Communicant  of  the 
Church,  6f  the  discovery  of  new  testimony  as  to  the  facts  charged,  and- 
setting  forth  what  such  testimony  is.  ■ 

[7.1  No  presentment  shall  be  found  in  any  case,  unless  the  alleged  of- 
fence shall  have  been  committed  within  five  years  next  before  the  day  on 
which  the  charges  were  deliyered  to  the  Presiding  or  senior  Bishop.     But 


'  Conn,  llot^v•ithsMiJldingfivo years  inay  have  olaiK-cd  siiico  ill^^  ^- ,      •  • 

•  •«'  a  ])rescutiiient  may  bo  louiulecl  on  charges  delivered  to  the  ProsiflUi^  \->-  >        »  , 

'Senior  IVishop  at  any  tiuiG  Mitliiii  oue  year  after  snelx  epnvi<;tiou. 


trial  of  llu'.  said  accused  ]!ishop  npon  the  said  pvosenlinent 
«f1\e  noUec  to  til c  Church  Advocate  of  tlie  tiiao  and  place 
jsflch  selection. 

'l2.\  At  the  time  and  place  riii])oii:  ;>.('.  I.,  ll.i.  iu';ii  .  s,  ilv  : 
given  the  notices  shall  attend ;  and,  in  the  prc^i-iice  eC  ilie  a 
o^-  of  his  :\'j;cut  auiliQrixod  as  aforesaid, 'i\nd  aUu  iti  tlie  ]>  Ui* 

Clhurch  Advocate,  or  of  such  person  t)r  persousas  may  i\X\< 
Ifalr,  or,  if  no  ])ersoii shall  attend  on  behalf  of.ttneor  both,  '■ 
torsnainedby  himself,  the  said  Bislio]->  shall  cause  t.6  be  pla<  • .,  i,.  .-  *'  r*'.  ?^ 
.!,.>  ,,.,,>,...  .:r  rJltheliisliopsof  this  Church  entitled  to  seat;?;  in  the'ljtiisc  ^^Jf 
■n  being  withiul  the  territory  of  the  Confederate  S(ii1li'^,Ji!»  ^  -^^ 


»^'      •  "   1 


%  drawn,  and  the  accused  orhis  agentmay  strike  oil'  tlie  Hst.one  nr.me,  fivA  ,  •  .\«4     M 
tjhe  said  Church  Advocate  or. his  ageiitanothcr  name,  and  so  as  to  refill  (•  •.  •      »•     ' 
jhenumberto  five.     If  it  shalOiappen  that  cither  party  shall  nojikc!  ij-    I*   '•,• 
«  refuse  to  strike,  then  the  ^>isho[)^\'hohas.giveu  the  jiotices  shall  reduce  1b('  •    •«.  . 
number  to  liye,  by  striking  oft"  so  manj  of  the  List  drawn  uamcs  as  will  ^   »\Vf 
red«ce  the  li*;t  t(^  tliat  number.     The  live  l^ishops  whoso  names  remain  or  i       <^         • 
a  nuijority  of  tl)cm,  wJie'n  assembled,  shall  constitute  the  <  -  '  Itt^-      it    4* 


iH-ial  of  the  accused  upon  the  ]>resentment,  •  •  V  i^     *'*  *• 

•  [o.]  The  Court  having  been  thus  constituted,  the  Disliop  W^  whcni  *  "tT    •  %  ^  •  ^ 
presentincnt  was  made  shall  immediately  eommuuicato  to  eh  el  >  JMshf'p  *p  ^  '    ^ 
\\  jiohas  thus  been  by  lot  desi-rnated  as  one!  of  the  triers,  The  fact  \  !iat  he._   ^  •  ^    j^ 
is  ^.jnember  of  tlio  Court,     lie  shall  also  appoint  a  time  and  place  lor  tic",  •  ►••,' 
as-^mbliiip  of  the  Court.     The'tiine  shall  not  be  less  than  two  mn'  luos-   •••••      •  t 

tlian  six  calendar  montlis  from  the  day  on  which  the  notice  should  au-iv.>,.  «  •  •• 
at  the  !Uost  distant  Diocese,  in  the  ordiuary  course  of  the  public  )::,:i:.^^^,  1^*1 
'Hio  place  shall, be  within  the  Diocese  or  Missionary  iield  of  the  a(^i-ii'Vii/»  •  JJ  • 
Bishop,  unless  \vhcre  t^e  same  may  bo- of  such  difficult  •!■■■.-•,•"!  t'l;^' 4  JL  •'T- ^' 
judgment  of  tlie  Prosidiug  or-senior  DisLop,  that  rcasonal  '■  i"-''     -•  —•       ^ 


jiiay  require  the  appciiutmenl.  of  another^ location.     y\>'d  '  ■'<^^' 

lUshop  shall  cause  the  Church  Advocate  to  Seyd  cei  ^  ^^' 

Vaidprescntnrient  to, all  the  Dishops  who  mn'-iiinte  ihi  •«•*'*  *4 

,,  l^-l  The  irmhi'tji  to  Avhom  the  p  'J^";"  V»          *T 

•iuiuledliately  communicate  to  the  \i  ■  ''1*      '•  •?  %4 

the  Court,  and  iufona  him  (jf  the  time  and  place  xijip*-  '        *•   «  ^••i 

iii;r,  ;wid  summon  him*  then  and  there  to  a^'pear  and  :'  *'    f     *   ' 

other  ]5ishop  of  this  Oliureb   having  diar^  4 

|ii>wer,  luitil  the  Coiii't.,asseml>les^  upon  ti.  ^ 
(Jhurcli  Advocate  or  the acori^'tl,  to  is^  r,  ,samuc^avll)i;  v.itiv.tS^s^  »^  «  •    '      *  j^ 


•  •  • 


^*^*i^fc^!%r^0tJM4L  OF  "InEjCTEN^RXL  CQIfNglL.        [sth  Da^.^*      • 

»         I  T»    *  ,  ?  ?.     •    .    ,  .■--■'■...      ■  .  .V    . .  y    *■ 

'  »^.    ♦ -j^iJ-^JIic  ]iislioj)s  wlio  constitute  the  Court,  or  a  majority  of  tbemi 
4-%  .having  assohibled  according  to  the  notice  given  tliem,  \yhich  notice  it  'i« 

..IjQreljy'  made  their  (luty  to  obey,  shall  proceed  as  follows,  viz:        .      ">  ;  . . 
*  •*  *    ^^:1  '^^^"^y  sli'ill  ©lect  a  President  ant  of  their  own  number,  and  {ippoint 

'A  Presbyter  of  the  Church  as  Clerk,  iand  if  necessary,  another  Presbyter  « 

^«    '   ;i*5Assistajit<Clerk;  and  when  thus  organized^  the  President  shall  direct  • 
j»,V  •*  tin- Clerk.to  call  the  names  of  the  Church  Advocate  and  the  accused; 
jf\*  'and  if  hpth  appear,  lie  shall  then, cause  the  Clerk  to  read  the  presentment        ^     . 
*  ^"Vhicli  was  delivered  to  the  Presiding  or  senior  Bishop,  whose  jduty  it' is 

•  *>,  heiHiby  made  to  deliver  the  same  to  the  Court  upon  its  organization..    *^  '        < 
L/   *«     ^  j'l.J  The  accused  shall  then  be  called  upon  by  the  Court  to  say  whethev  •    •  • 
/•  ^  •   m  bi  guilty  or  not  guHty  of  the  offence  or  offences  charged  against  hitn, ', 

^••<'ind  his  plea. shall  be  duly  recorded;   and  on  his  negleat  or  refusal  to  "" 
.    .  t-jplead,  the  \j\ea,  of  not  guilty  shall  be  entered-fo'r  him,  and  the  trFal  shall' 

>  *.  ;,. proceed:  ProvMed,  That,  for  sufBcient  cause,  the  Court  may  adjourn         « 
»     'fi-onji  time  to  timcj ;  Aiul  provided,  also,  That  the  accused  shall,  at  all 

ti>t-     f  ymes  during  tlie  trial,  have  liberty  to  be  preseht,  and  .in  due  time  and     4,  • 
• -••VqfOer'prdduce  his  testiniony,  and  to  make  his  defence.  -0  ?  - 

••M»  i^/S.]  If  the  accused  neglect  or  refuse  to'  appear  in  person,  according  to.      •' 
^^«  .tiie;intice  served  on  him  an-aforesaid,  except  for  sora'fe  reasouable.cause 
t    *r*4<>  be  allowed  by  the  Court,  they  shall  proceed  to  pronounce  him  in  con- 
•^•*  tiiniacy,  and  notify  liim  that  sentontje  of  suspension  or  degradation  will  .    | 
•    be  ■.prohuunced  against  him  by  the  Court  at  the  expiration- of  three 

>  •   •  inyylhs,  unless  within  that  time  he  tender  himself  ready,  and  accordingly-       * 
^  ••'.*.'» ppear  to  tajce  his  trial  on  the  presentment.     But  if  the  accused  shall' 

I  I  'Z't''^  tender  himself  before  the  expiration  of  the  said  three  months,  sen-  .    • 
^  •  /jl^ei^co  u(  suspension  or  degradation  from  the  Ministry  may  be  pronounced  * 
***  •     Against  him  by  the  Court.  .      .    ,  ■ 

•  .  %•     [4.]..  TJie  accused  being  present,  and  the  trial  proceeding,  rt'sh*!!  be 

«        •ronducled  according  to  the  principles  of, the  Common  Law,  as  the  same    . 

'^t  'are"  generally  administered  in  the  Confederate  States ;  nor  shall  any  testi- 

^*'  1(1*0 ny  be  received  at  the  trial,  except  from  witnesses  who  have  signed  a 
%J  declaration  in  the  following  words,  to  b«  read  aloud  before  the  witness  .   , . 

iH      tf  i^tifies,  and  to  be  filed  Avith  the  records  of  the  Court:  ' 

*•••■■  -  .       • 

0  •     ^"I,  A.  l>.-,<^a  witness  summoned  to  testify  on  the  trial  of  a  presentment    * 
'  t  Vv^filnst  the  Right  Rev,  — ■ — ,  a  Bishop  of  the' Protestant  Episcopal 

>  ^»  ,  Cliurch  in  the  Cctnfederate  States,  now  pending,  do  most  solemnly  calj. 
•/*%  "God  to  witness  that  the  evidence  I  am  about  to  give  shall  be  the  truth; .' 

,    ••••  tlie  wliOle  trnfh,  and  nothing  but  the  truth ',  so  help  me  God!"  .-    ^^ 

,        •    'And  if  it  be  necessary  to  take  the  testimony  of  an  absent  witness  ort  s^  ^f 
\      •"Goinmiasioii,  such  testimony  shall  be  preceded  by  a  similar  written  declW  • 
li^        'ration  of  tlie  witness,  which  shall  be  filed  and  transmitted  with  his  or  '• 

^  ,«»h(»- deposition  to  the  CoUrt.  The  testimony  of  each  Avitness  sliall  be**.  * 
4^  •  •«edueed  to.  writing.  And  in  case  there  is  ground  to  suppose  that  the 
iW»«'  {Siendance  of  any.  witness  on  the  trial  cannot  be  obtained,  it  shall  he 
^0  lawful  for  eith,er  .party  to  Apply  to  the  Court  if  in  session,  or  if  not,  to 
■••  any  ineulber  thereof,  wdio  shall  thereupon  appoint  a  commissary  to  take 
^^  •  Hhe  deposition, of  such  witness;  and  such  party  so  desiring  to  take  the 
*",•,    dt'j)ositlon,  shall  give'to  theother  party  rejtsonable  notice  of  the  time* 

•  •   .  and  place  of  taking  Suck'  deposition,  accomijanying  such  notice  Avifh  the 

%    *' iiite'ra-pgatories  to  be  propounded  to  the  witness;  whereupon  it  shall  bo    ,  , 

lawfiil  lor  lihe. other  party.,  within  sis  days  after  such  notice,  to'propdnnd  •* 

crosfe-ln'feri'ogatories.;  and -such  interrogatories  jind  cross-interrOgatories,^',  *^   •• 
ii'  any  be  j)rupouadcd,  •stiall  be  seiit  to  the  commissary,  w:ho  shall  there-      •  * 

•     "  ••'■'*        **  •*!  .•*  »  »•  .* 


1862.]  •    HOUSE  OF  BlSHOi'S.  169 

upon  proceed  to  tafeo  the  testimony  of  such  witness,  upon  oath  or  aflirni- 
ation,  and  transmit  it  uudcr  seal  to  the  Court.  But  no  deposition  shall 
he  read  at  the  trial,  unless  the  Court  have  reasonahlo  assurance  that  the 
attendance  of  the  witness  cannot  he  procured,  or  unless  hoth  parties 
shall  consent  that  it  may  he  read:  Provided,  That  iu  any  Diocese  in  • 
which  the  civil  government  has  authorized  the  Ecclesiastical  Courts 
therein  to  issue  summons  for  witnesses,  or  to  administer  an  oath,  the 
Court  .shall  act  in  conformity  to  such  laws. 

[5.]  All  notices  and  papers  may  he  served  hy  n  summouer  or  summon- 
ers,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Court  when  tlic  sauie  is  in  session,  or  by  a 
momher  thereof;  and  the  certificate  of  any  such  surainoncr  shall  be 
evidence  of  the  duo  service  of  a  notice  or  paper.  In  case  of  service  by 
any  other  person,  the  fact  may  he  proved  hy  the  affidavit  of  such  person. 
The  delivery  of  a  written  notice  or  paper  to  the  accused  party,  or  to  the 
Church  Advocate,  or  leaving  it,  or  a  copy  thereof,  at  the  residence;  or 
last  known  residence,  of  eitlier,  shall  be  deemed  sufficient  service  of  sucfi 
notice  or  paper,  on  the  Church  Advocate  and  accused  respectively.  If 
the  person  to  be  served  with  any  notice  or  paper  shall  have  left  the  Cqfit- 
federate  States,  it  shall  be  a  sufficient  service  thereof  to  leave  a  copy  of 
such  notice  or  paper  at  his  last  place  of  abode  within  the  Confederate 
States,  sixty  days  before  the  day  on  which  the  appearance,  or  other  act 
retjuired  by  the  said  notice  or  paper,  is  to  be  performed. 

(6.]  Tlie  accused  party  may,  if  he  think  proper,  have  the  aid  of  coun- 
sel ;  and  if  he  should  choose  to  have  more  than  one  counsel,  the  Church 
Advocate  may  have  assistant  advocates,  to  be  named  by  the  accusers;. 
but  in  every  case  the  Court  may  regulate  the  number  of  counsel  who 
sliall  address  the  Court  or  examine  witnesses.  The  Church  Advocate 
hhall  be  considered  the  party  on  one  side,  and  the  accused  on  the  other. 
All  counsel  must  be  Communicants  of  the  Church. 

[7.]  The  Court,  having  fully  heard  the  allegations  and  proofs* of  the 
l»Mrtios,  and  deliberately  considered  the  same,  after  the  parties  have  witli- 
ilrawn,  shall  declare  respectively,  whether,  in  their  opinion,  the  accused 
is  guilty  or  not  guilty  of  each  particular  charge  and  specification  con- 
tained in  the  iiresentment,  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  set  forth  ;  and 
the  accusptl  shall  be  considered  as  not'guilty  ©f  every  charge  and  speci- 
fication of  which  he  shall  not  be  i)ronounced  guilty  by  a  majority  of  the. 
members  of  the  Court. 

[8.1  The  decision  of  the  Court  as  to  alj  the  charges  and  specifications 
of  which  a  majority  of  the  members  of  the  Court  have  found  him  guilty, 
shall  be  reduced  to  writing,  and  s'^ncd  by  those  who  assent  to  it;  and 
a  decision  pronouncing  him  not  guilty  of  all  those  charges  and  specifica- 
1  ions  of  wliich  a  majority  shall  not  have  pronounced  him  guilty,  sluill 
also  be  drawn  up,  and  signed  by  those  who  assent  to  it;  and  the  decision 
tlius  signed  shall  be  regarded  as  the  judgment  of  the  Court,  and  shall  be 
]>ronounced  iu  the  presence  of  the  parties,  if  they  shall  think  proper  to 
attend. 

[0. 1  If  the  accused  shall  he  found  guilty  of  any  charge  or  specification, 
tlie  Court  shall  proceed  to  ask  bin)  whether  he  has  anything  to  Pay  before 
the  sentence  is  pas>|ed,  and  may,  in  their  discretion,  give  him  time  to  ]>rc- 
])ai*c  what  he  wishes  to  s,ay,  and  appoint  a  time  for  passing  the  scutenoc; 
and  before  ]iassing  sentence,  the  Court  may  adjourn  from  time  to  time, 
and  give  the  accused  reasonable  opiiortunity  of  showing  cause  to  induce 
a  b<*1icf  that  justice  has  not  been  done,  or  that;  he  has  discovered  new 
testimony;  and  the  Court,  or  a  majority  of  its  members,  may,  according 
to"a  sound  discr^ion,  grant  bim  a  new  trial.    Before-passing  sentence,  the 


17"    ■         JODRi^AL  OF  THE  GENERAL  CODNCIL.         [?!th  D<^ 

accused  shall  altvnys  bfive  the,opporUmity  of  bcijig  beard,  if  lie  ImTe  angbt 
i.o  say  in  excnse  or  palliation. 

•  1 10.]  The  accused  having  been  heard,  or  not  dcsirinji;  to  be  beard,  the 
sentence  of  the  Court  shall  then  be  pronounced,  and  shall  be  either  aihnor 
.iiition,  suspension  as  defined  by  the  existing  Cancans  of  this  Ghnrcb,  or 
<logi-adation,  as  the  ofteucc  or  olYences  adjudged  to  be  ])roved  shall  seem 
to  deKorve,  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Court,  Avhenever  sentence  has 
been  proaounocd,  whether  it  be  upon  a  trial,  qr  for  contumacy,  to  coiu- 
iiinnicatc  su'cli  seutenco  to' the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  every  Bioccsc 
of  this  Churcb;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  sucli  Authority  to  cause 
such  sentoiicc  to  be  mado  known  to  Qvery  Clergyman  \\nC>vr  bis  juri.V 
diction,  •  ■      ". 

[11. 1  Every  Court  shall  keep  a  full  rcfcord  of  its  proceeding's,  including 
I  he  whole  evidence  given  before  it.  '  Should  any  Court  refuse  t<^  insert  in 
its  record  a  statement  of  any  testimony  wliich  lias  been  received,  or-of 
any  decision  which  the  Court  has  made,  or  of  any  fact  vvhicli  has  occurred 
in-Com-t,  or  any  ])aper  which  either  party  has  produced,  it  bhall  be  the 
rijdit  of  either  party  to  lile  an  exception  in  writinj?,  containing  a  statement 
of  sucli  evidence,  decision  or  fact,  or  referring  to  or  describing  ^Hcb  pajter,  v 
which  i»nper  shall  also  be  tiled  with-the  exceptit)n.  All  exceiiAionti  and 
]iapers  so  tiled  shall  become  parts  of  the  record.  ^      '.         . 

1 12. 1  Sucli  records  shall  be  kept  by  the  Clerk,  and  inserted  in  a  book,  lo 
be  attested  by  the  signatures  of  the  President  and  Clerk.  Every  such 
l»ook,  and  all  papers  connected  with  any  trial,  shall  be  deposit ed'^Avith  tlic 
Registrar  of  the  Coucral  Council.  Such  books  and  papers  shall  be  open 
to  the  inspectiou.of  every  member  of  this  Church.  •    * 

[lo.]  Every  Court,  constituted  under  the  authority  of  this  Cano'ufjn.'iy 
i»e -attended  by  one  or. more  Lay  advisers,  who  shall  be  communicants'  oi 
this  Church,  aud  of  the  in'ofession  of  the  law.  Sucli  atlvisers  may  be 
jiresent-at  all  the  proceedings  of  the  Court,  but  they  shall,  liave  no  vole  " 
in  any  case  whatever;  it  shall  be  their  duty  to  give  in  ])ersoJi  totlie  Court 
an  opinion  on  any  question  not  theological,  upon  which  the  Court,  or  any 
member  thereof,  or  either  part}',  shall  desire  an  o])inion.  If  a  dispute 
shall  arise  wliether  any  question  be  or  beuot  tlieological,  itshallbedccid-; 
ed  by  the  Court  by  a  majority  of  votes.  The  Court  niay  always,  by 
unanimous  cou.sent,  appoint  an  adviser  or  advisers.  If  tbey  are  not  unan- 
imous, each  member  of  the  Court  mar  name  a  candidate;  if.  not  mor<*-«* 
than  three  are  named,  they  all  shall  be  .advisers;  if  more  than  three  ar.' 
nnmed,  the  Court  shall  reduce  tliem  to  three  by  lot. 

♦  7.  [1.]  Any  Bisliop  of  this  Church  yiay  be  presented  for  lioldiug  and 
teaching  doctrine  inconsistent  with  that  of  this  Churcli,  V>y  any  IJishoj) 
in  communion  with  this  Church,  and  not  under  suspension  or  degrivla- 
tion.  ISo  Bisliop  shall  be  presented  in  any  other  mode  for  this  otleyce  ; 
and  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  two  or  more  persons  to  unite  in. any  suth 
jiresentraent.  The  Bishop  making  such  presentment  shall  appoint  a 
Church  Advocate. 

[2.]  Every  presentment  for  alleged  erroneous  doctrine  shall  be  siguod 
by  the  person  making  it,  and  shall  be  addressed  to  the  Bishops  of  tlie 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Confederate  States,  and  delivered  tn 
the  senior  Bishop  entitled  to  a  seat  in  the  House  of  Bisliops,  and  not  be- 
•ing  the  accused. or  the  accuser,  whose  duty  it  ^liall  be  to  convene  a  Court , 
foe  the  trial  of  the  accused.  Tlie  Court  sliall  be  composed  of  .all  the 
pjishops  entitled  to  seats  in  the  House  of  Bishops,  except  the  accufstM-  ^ 
and  the  accused.  Tlwee-fourths  of  such  Bisliops  shall  constitute  a  quo- 
rum ;  but  the  consent  pf  two-thirds  of  all  the  Bishops  entitled  to  seats 
in  the  House  of  Bishops  shall  be  necessary  to  a  conviction. 


• 


1S62.J   •      •       ^         HOUSE.  OF  BlSHO-rS.  '  17> 

^  8.  1 1. 1  U' cliargc's  1)G  prderrcd  Mfiainst  :i  Missioiiarj  Bishuj),  who  iis 
Mofc  a  J>)iocesan,  sucli  Missionary  Bishop  slmll  bp  required  by  the  Presi- 
diiif;  or  Senior  Bisho])  to  uanie  .some  one  of  the  tliree  Dioceses  nearest  to 
his  District  or  Missi(>nary  lield ;  and  sucli  selection  having  been  made, 
(he  ])roccedin<,'s  sliall  tlien  be  precisely  such  as,  under  tliis  (Janon.  they 
would  bo  were  lie  the  Diocesan  of  the  Diocese  named  by  him.  Sliould 
I  ho  Missionary  Bishop  refuse  to  name  a  Diocese,  then  tlie  Presiding 
I>ishoi)  may  name  any  one*of  the  three  above  designated,  and  the  cflcct 
shall  be  the  same  as  if  the  nomination  had  been  made  by  the*  accused 
^f  issionary  .Bishoi>. 

[2.]  If  ciiarges  be  preferred  against  a  ]>ishop  having  no  jurisdictioit,  he 
I'hall  be  ])roceeded  against  ])recisely  as  if  he  were  th<?.  Diocesan,  of  tlie 
Diocese  in  which  he  lias  liis  civil  residence. 

|:j.]  Any  Foreign  Missionary  I'.ishop  shall,  on  presentment  by  fcwo- 
tliii-ds  of  the  Missionaries  under  his  charge,  for  immorality  or  heresy,  «tr 
lor  a  violation  of  the  Constitution  or  Canons  of  this  Church,  be  tried, 
nnd,  if  found  guilty,  sentenced,  in  all  i)articulais  as  if  ho  were  actually 
resident  within  the  limits  of  the  Confederate  States,  except  that  the  trial 
may  be  within  any  Diocese  in  tiie  Confederate  States. 

•  On  motion, 

fiVaokrJ,  That  Canou  VlJl.  (of  Title  111.)  as  conveyed  to  this  Ilon.so 
in  AfessageNo,  3o,  from  the  House  of  Deputies,  be  adopted. 

The  follo\\'iug  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies :  ^ 

MEf^SAGE   ^O.    ol. 

'•   The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  ]'>isho])s  that  it  has  passed 
tfto  foIloAving 'Resolution : 

lif solved.  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  tliat  the  following  Caii(>i» 
be  ado])tcd,  to-wit : 

CANON  IX. 

OK     S  E  X  T  E  X  C  K  IS  . 

?  1.  Whenever  the  i)enalty  of  sns])eusion  shall  bo  inilictcd  on  a  Bishop, 
Priest  or  Deacon  in  tliis  Church,  the  sentenoe  shall  specify  on  what 
terms,  or  at  what  time,  said  penalty  shall  cease. 

^^  -2.   [1.]  AVhen  any  Minister  is  degraded  from  the  Holy  Ministry,  lie  is. 
degraded  therefrom  entirely,  and  not  from  a  higher  to  a  lower  Order   of 
the   same.     No  degraded    or  deposed   Minister  shall  be  restored  to   the 
Ministry. 

|2.]  Whenever  a  Clergyman  shall  bo  degraded  or  deposed,  the  Bishop 
who  in-onounces  sentence  shall,  without  delay,  give  notice  thereof  to  the 
Fcolesiastical  Authority  of  every  Diocese,  and  to  each  Minister  (or  to 
the  Vestry  if  there  be  no  Minister)  of  the  l^iocese  to  which  the  Mininter 
belongs,  and  each  Minister  in  said  Diocese  shall  give  notice  tltCreof  to 
his  congregation  on  the  first  occasion  of  jjublic  worship  next  occurring; 
ill  which  notice  it  shall  be  stated  whether  or  no  the  degradation  or  dejio- 
sitionb'e  for  causes  atTecting  his  moral  character. 

.  Bishop  Johns  moved  tlie  foUowing  amendments  : 

By  inserting  the  words  "degraded  or  deposed"  iuthe  4lh 
line  of  [2,]  §  2,  before. the  word  "Minister." 


172  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL*  [sth  Day.  • 

Aud  also  tlie  following  words  after  the. word  "  belongs," 
in  the  5th  line:  "'in  which  notice  it  shall  be  stated 
whether  or  no  the  degradation  or  deposition  be  for  causes 
affecting  his  moral  character" — and  striking  out  the  same  jjt 
the  close  of  the  paragraph. 

Bishop  Wilmer  moved  an  amendment  to  the  amendment, 
as  follows  :  "in  which  notice,  the  cause  of  such  degradation 
or  deposition  shall  be  stated." 

The  yeas  and  nays  having  been  called  for  upon  the  mo- 
tion of  Bishop  Wilmer,  it  was  lost,  by  the  following  vote: 

Yeas— Bishops  Atkinson  and  Wilmer — 2. 

ISTays — Bishops  Elliott,  Johns,  Davis  and  Lay — 1. 

Bishop  Lay  moved  to  amend  by  striking  out  the  words 
"affecting  hifi  moral  character"  and  inserting  "offences 
other  than  Ecclesiastical."  On  a  call  of  the  House  the 
motion  was  lost. 

Yeas — Bishops  Atkinson  and  Lay — 2. 
Nays — Bishops  Elliott,  Johns,  Davis,  and  Wilmer — 4. 
The  question  recurring  on  the  original  amendments  of 
Bishop  Johns,  they  were  adopted. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  Canon  IX.  (of  Title  III.)  as  conveyed  to  tliis  House  iu 
Message  No.  34,  from  the  House  of  Deputies,  be  adopted,  as  amended. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies :  • 

MESSAGE  NO.  So. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  Hou^ie  of  Bishops  that  it  iias  passc^l 
t  lie  following  Resohition :  ,  .        '.  , 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  that  the  following  Cancn 
he  adopted,  to-wit : 

CANON  X. 

OF  THE  KEMISSION  OK  MODIFICATION  OF  jnupiAL  SENTENCES  0N..i;i.«iH<>r.^^ 

The  Bishops  of  this  Clmrch,  who  are  entitled  to  seats  in  the  House  of 
B'shops, may  altogether  remit  and  terminate  any  judicial  sentence  im- 
posed by  Bishops  acting  collectively  as  a  judicial  tribunal  ;  or  iiuidify 
the  saTne_so  far  as  to  designate  a  precise  period  of  time,  or  oth«r  i5|)ccitic 
contingency,  on  the  occurrence  of  which  such  sentence  shall  utter] y 
cease,  anfl  be  of  no  furtlier  force  or  effect.  Provided,  that  no  such  re- 
mission or  modification  shall  be  made  except  at  a  meeting  of  the  House 
of  Bishops,  during  the  session  ot  some  General  Council,  or  at  a  special 
ineeting  of  the  said  Bishops,  which  shall  be  convened  by  the  Presiding 
7?ishop  on  tjie  application  of  any  five  Bishops;  three  months'  notice  in 
writing,  of  the  time,  place  and  object  of  the  meeting,  being  given  to  each 
Bishop,  or  sent  to  his  usual   place   of  abode.    'Provided,  also,  that  such 


A-  • 


1863.]  HOUSE  OF  BISHOP§.  173 

roinission  or  modification  be  assented  to  by  a  number  of  said  Bishops 
not  less  than  a  majority  of  the  whole  number  entitled  at  tlie  tirad  to 
sdats  in  the  House  of  Bishops  ;  and 2yrqvidcd,  tkat  nothing  herein  sliall 
bo  constmed  to  alter  the  eftect  of  Cnnon  IX.  of  tliis  Title. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  Canon  X.  (of  Title  III.)  as  convoyed  to  this  House 
in  Message  No.  85,  from  the  House  of  Deputies,  be  adopted. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  oi" 
Deputies  :    •  • 

MESSAGE  NO.  ZQ. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  Ilouseof  Bishops  that  it  has  passed 
the  following  Resolution  :  '-      ' .  • 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  tliat  the  f\>l lowing  Canon 
be  adopted,  to-\vit: 

CANON  XI.  *'" 

.     reqttlAtions  respectikq  the  laitt. 

jl.  A  Communicant  removing  from  one  Parish  to  another,  shall  pro- 
cure from  the  Rector  of  the  Parisli  of  his  last  residence,  or,  if  th«ro  bo 
no  Rector,  from  one  of  tlie  Wardens,  a  c'ertificate,  stating  that  he  or  she 
IS  a  Communicant  in  good  standing ;  and  tho  Rector  of  tlie  Parish  or 
Congregation  to  >vhicli  he  or  she  removes  shall  not  be  required  to  re- 
ceive him  or  her  as  a  Communicant  until  such  letter  be  produced.   " 

^  n-  ^^^^^  "^  ^^^  rubrics  of  this  Church  requires  that  every  Minister 
repelling  from  the  Communion  shall  give  an  account  of  tlie  same  to  tlie 
Ordinary,  it  is  hereby  provided,  that,  information  of  the  same  being  laid 
belore  the  Ordinary,  tliat  is  the  Bishop,  it  shall  not  bo  his  duty  to  insti- 
tute an  inquiry,  unless  there  bo  a  complaint  made  to  him  in  writing  by 
the  rei>elled  party.  But  on  receiving  complaint,  the  Bishop  shall  insti- 
tnto  an  uupury,  as  may  bo  directed  by  tho  Canons  of  tlie  Diocese  in 
which  tho  event  has  taken  place  ;  and  the  notice,  given  as  above  by  the 
-Minister,  shall  be  a  sutlicient  presentation  of  the  party  repelled. 

On  motion, 

Rcsokcd,  Tliat  Canon  XI.  (of  Title  III.)  as  conveyed  to  this  House  in 
Message  No.  30,  from  tho  House  of  Deputies,  bo  adopted. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
J)eputies  : 

MESSAGE    NO.    37. 

The  Houso  •  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  has 
passed  tho  following  :  , 

Whereas,  Tho  concluding  clause  of  Canon  IX.  Title  III.,  renders  un- 
necessary the  latter  portion  of  §  4,  Canon  I.,  Title  III.,  therefore 
M",    TTT     '   ^^'^1^0^90  of  Bishops  concurring,   that  «  4,   of  Canon   I 
1  itle  III.,  IS  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows,  to-wit :  •    ' 

§  4.  It  a  Minister  of  tJiis  Church  shall  be  accused,  by  public  rumour,  of 
discontinuing  all  exerciso  of  the  ministerial  otlico  without  lawful  cause 
or  ot  living  in  tlio  habitual  disuse  of  public  worship  or  of  tho  Holy  Eu- 
charist according  to  the  offices  of  this  Chutcb,  or  of  being  guilty  of  sean- 


174  JOURNAL  OP  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL;         [8th  Day. 

dalous,  immoral' or  disorderly  conduct,  01-  of  violating  the  Canon8,-of 
preaching  or  inculcating  heretical  doctrine,  it  shall  be  the  duty -of  the 
Bishop,  or,  if  there  be  nt)  Bishop,  of  the  Clerical  members  of  the  Stand- 
ing Committee,  to  see  that  an  in(iuiiy  be  instituted  as  to  the  truth  of 
such  public  rumour.  And  in  case  of  the  individual  being  proceeded 
against  and  cibnvicted  according  to  such  rules  or  process  as  may  be  pro- 
vided by  the  Councils  of  the  respective  Dioceses,  he  shall  be  admonished, 
suspended  cr  degraded,  as  the  nature  of  the  case  may  require,  in  cou- 
forraity  with  their  respective  Constitutions  and  Canons. 

On  motion,  '  "       ' 

Resolved,  That  this  House  concurs  in  the  amendment  to  j'  4  of  Canon 
•  I.,  Title  III.,  as  conveyed  in  Message  No.  37,  from  the  House  of  Deputies. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies:       ^.  "'         >* 

MESSAGE  NO.  88.  '  ■ 

The  House  of  Deputies  infonus  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  has 
agreed  to  the  accompanying  "  Report  of  tlie  Committee  on  the  State  of 
the  Church." 

On  motion,  the  "  Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  State 
of  the  Church,"  from  the  House  of  Deputies,  was  read  by 
tlie  Secretary.     (See  p.  99.) 

On  motion  of  Bishop  Atkinson, 

JResohed,  That  a  Pastoral  Letter  bo  prepared, 

On  motion  of  Bishop  Laj', 

Resolved,  That  the  Bisliops  of  Georgia,  Virginia  and  Nortli  iCarolina, 
be  the  Committee  to  prepare  the  Pastoral  Letter. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies  : 

MESSAGE  NO.  39. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bisliops  that  it  has  passed 
the  following  Resolution : 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bisliops  concurring,  that  tlie  next  regular 
meeting  of  the  General  Council  be  held  at  Huntsville,  Ala. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  concurs  with  the  House  of  Deputies  in  tlie 
appointment  of  Huntsville,  Ala.,  as  the  place  for  the  next  regular  meet- 
ing of  the  General  Council. 

The  following  message  was  received  from  tbe  House  ot 
Deputies ; 

MESSAGE  NO.   40. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  accedes 
to  the  request  for  conference  on  the  proposed  amendment  to  Canon  I.. 
Title  IL,  as  convoyed  to  this  House  in  Message  No.  21  of  the"  House  of 
Bishops,  and  appoints  the  Rev.  Messr;*.  Trapier,-  Pierce,|and  Williams — and 
Messrs.  Battle,  McCrad}%  and  Mas^^ie.  as  the  Committee  of  Conference 
on  the  part  of  this  House.  '  "' 


1862.]  .  *      nOUvSE  OF  BISHOPS.  .  ITS' 

On  motion,' "  *     •  , 

Iiesohed,  That  a  Committee  of  Conference  on  tlic  part  of  this   I[oiTi=c   ' 
.1)0  appointed.  ?. 

The  Pregidiug  Bishop  appointed  Bishops  «Iplins/  AtJvin"- 
son,  and  Wihncr,  said  Committee.  ^        '      .  •  ' 

The  following  Message  was  received  'from  the  Honse  of 
Deputies :  -  ' 

MESSAGE   NO.    41.  ,  ,       * 

Tlie  House  of  Depaties  ihfoi'ms  tho  Jlouse  ofBisliops  that  it  has  passed 
t he  following  Resolution :     ,  '  ■'•        '  • 

ResoIvaJ,  Tlio  House  of  Bishops  o5nenrritiir,  that?  the  following  wotds 
lie  prclixed- to  Canons  1.,  11.,  III.,  IV.,  V.,  YI.,  VIT.,  Vlft.,  IX.,  X.",  XI.,  ■• 

as  adopted  by  tliis  Ilonse,  to-wit : 

.    '.    •  "TITLE  III. 

♦  O.  P     DISOITLINE." 

•    ..     .  ' 

On  motion,  Message  Ko.  41  was  laid  on  the  table. 
The  followiug  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies  :  j 

MESSAGE   NO.    421  .  * 

.Tlie  House  of  Deputies  itiforms  the  House  of  Bish6ps  that  itlia'^  passed 
the  following  Resolution:  '      /      . 

Rf.iolccd,  The  House  of  Bi,sTiop.s 'concurring,  tliat  the  fullowiu!.';  Canon 
lie  adopted,  to-wit :        - 

CANON  I.' 

OP  TlfE   OENKKAL   COUNCIL. 

•  ><  1."  [1.]  Tlio  right  of  calling  special  meetings  of  the  (Jcneral  Council 
sIijiU  Ijyoiii  the  liisliops.  Tho  right  sJiall  bo  exercised  by  the  Presiding 
Mishop,  or,  in  case  of  liis  death,  by  the  Bisliop  Avho,  according  to  the 
ruK's  of  fhe  House  of  Bishops,  is  to  preside  at  the  next  General  Conucil ; 
l*ror/(h'(ly  thai  the  summons  shall  be  with  the  consent,  or  on  tho  requiiii-  ' 
lion  »t'  a  majovity  ot"  the  Bishops,  expressed  to  him  in  Avriting,  • 

.[•J J  Tho  place  of  holding  .any  Special  Council  shall  be  that  selected  by 
thi'^])recediug(lcnoral  Council  for  the  meeting  of  the  General  Council, 
nnloss  circumstances  sluall  render  a  meeting  at  such  a  place  unsafe  ;  in 
\vliio4i  case,  the  Presiding  Bishop  may  appoint  some  other  place.  * 

|:'..l  The  Deimtics  elected  to  tho  preceding  General  Council  sliall  I'c 
the 'Deputies  jit  such  Special  Council,  unless  in  those  cases  in  which  other 
"i)e[iuties  shall  have  been  chosen  in  the  mean  time  by  any  of  the  l)io- 
s:iii  Councils,  and  then  such  other  Deputies  sliall  represent  in  the  Special 
Cou^icil  tlic  Church.uf  the  Diocese  iu  which  they  have  been  chosen. 

.^  2.  [1]  nicjourn.als,  tiles,  ])apers,  reports  and  other  documents,  which, 
under  Canon  V.  of  Title  II.,  entitled  0/  Seairinrj  on  Accurate  View  of 
the  StMt-e  of  the  Church,  or  in  any  other  manner,  shall  become  Iho  \n-o\>- 
erty  of  eitlier  House  of  the  (Jeneral  Council  of  this  ("hurch,  sh.all  |ie» 
connuitted  to  tho  keeping  of  a  Presbyter  to  bo  elected  l/v  tlie  House  of*' 
Deputies,  upou  no;ninat1on  of  the  House  of  Bishops  who  -hull  be  known 
as  the  Begi-'trar  of  the  General  Council.  .       ' 


17fc  JOURNAL  QF  THE  GEtTERAL  COUNCIL,      [sth  Day. 

[2.]  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Registrar  to  procuce  all  such  jour- 
nals, files,  papers,  reports  and  other  documents  now  in  existence  ;  to  ar- 
range, label,  file,  index  and  otherwise  put  in  order,  and  provide  for  the 
safe  keeping  of  the  same,  and  all  such  others  as  may  hereafter  come  into- 
his  possession,  in  fire-proof  box  or  boxes,  in  some  safe  and  accessible 
place  of  deposit,  and  to  hold  tiie  same  under  such  regulations  and  restric- 
tions as  the  General  Council  may  from  time  to  time  provide.  ' 

[3.]  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Registrar  to  procure  a  proper 
liook  of  record,  and  to  enter  therein  a  record  of  the  consecrations  of  all 
the  Bishops  of  this  Church,  designating  accurately  the  time  and  place  of 
the  same,  with  the  names  of  the  consecrating  Bishops,  and  of  others 
present  and  assisting;  to  have  the  same  authenticated  in  the  fullest  man- 
ner practicable;  and  to  take  care  for  the  similar  record  and  authentica- 
tion of  all  future  consecrations  in  this  Church. 

[4.]  The  expenses  necessary  for  the  purposes  contemplated  by  this  Sec- 
tion shall  be  provided  for  by  vote  of  the  General  Council,  and  defrayed 
by  the  Treasurer  of  tke  same. 

§  8.  The  Secretary  of  the  House  of  Deputies,  whenever  any  alteration 
of  the  Constitution  is  proposed,  or  any  other  subject  submitted  to  the 
consideration  of  the  several  Diocesan  Councils,  shall  give  a  particular  no- 
tice thereof  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  this  Church  in  every 
Diocese.  }  -     •         -  ". 

§  4.  At  every  triennial  meeting  of  the  General  Council,  a  Treasurer 
shall  be  chosen  by  the  House  of  Deputies,  and  confirmed  by  the  House  of 
Bishops,  who  shall  remain  in  oftice  until  the  next  stated  Council,  and 
until  a  successor  be  appointed. .  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  receive  and  dis- 
burse all  moneys  collected  under  the  authority  of  the  Council,  and  of 
which  the  collection  and  disbursement  shall  not  otherwise  be  regulated'; 
and  to  invest,  from  time  to  time,  for  the  benfefit  of  the  Council,  such  sur- 
plus funds  as  he  may  have  on  hand.  His  account  shall  be  rendered  tri- 
ennially  to  the  Council,  and  shall  be  examined  by  a  Committee  acting 
under  its  authority.  In  case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  office  of  Treasurer,  it 
shall  be  suj^plied  by  an  appointment  to  be  made  by  the  Ecclesiastical  Au- 
thority of  the  Diocese  to  which  he  belonged ;  and  the  person  so  api)ointed  , 
shrill  continue  to  act  until  an  appointment  be  made  by  the  Council. 

§  5.  In  order  that  the  contingent  expenses  of  the  General  Council  may 
b6  defrayed,  the  several  Diocesan  Councils  shall  forward  to  the  Treasurer 
of  the  General  Council,  at  or  before  any  meeting  thereof,  fire  dollars  for 
each  Clergyman  within  such  Diocese. 

On  motion,  "^  •,*; J  !   .   ''  \\\''  •  ' 

Hesolced,  That  Canon  I.,  (of  Title  IV.,)  as'  conveyed  to  this  llous^  Ih 
,  Message  No.  42,  from  the  House  of  Deputies,  be  adopted,  with  the  fol- 
lowing amendment : 

By  the  insertion  of  the  word  "next"  before  the  words  "(Generjil  Coun- 
cil" in  the  2d  lino  of  [2]  §  1. !  '     ' 

The  following  Message  was  received  from   the  House  • 
of  Deputies:  .  •    . 

MESSAGE  NO.   48.  » 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the"^ouse  of.  Bishops,  that  i,t  has  pas- 
sed the  following  resolution ;  .   ,      '    .J'i    '      .  ,■     •  i  '  ' 

Besolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  that  the  following  Canon 
be  adopted,  to-wit :  •     #  *  ^  t  * . 


1SG2.1  .nOUSE  OF  I^TSnOPS.  .  177 

•  OANQNII.  .  , 

OF. STANDING   COMMITTEES. 

<J  1.  In  every  DiocesG  there  slinll  be  .1  Standiug  Coininiltco,  to  lie  «]>- 
pointed  by  the  Council  thereof,  whose  duties,  except  so  f;ir  as  provided  lor 
by  the  Canons  of  the  General  Council,  inay  be  prescribed  by  the  (.'anons  ctf 
the  respective  Dioceses.  They  shaill  elect  from  their  own  b(*'dy  a  President 
and  a  Secretary.  They  may  meet  on  their  own  adiourniuent,froiii  tiiiic 
to  time  ;  and  the  President  shall  have  power  to  summon  special  meetings 
whenever  ho  shall  deem  it  necessary.  Vx 

§  2.  In  every  Diocese  Avhere  there  is  a  Bishoji,  the  Standing  I'ommittee 
shall  be  a  Council  of  Advice  to  "the  Bishop.  They,  sluill  be  summoned 
on-the  requisition  of  the  Bishop,  whenever  ho  shall  wish  fyr  their  advice. 
And  they  may  meet  of  their  own  accord,  and  agi-ecabl\  to  their 'own 
rules,  .when* they  may  b^  disposed,  to  advise  the  Bisho]). 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  Cimon  II.  (of  Title  IV.)  a^  conveyed  to  tlii:>  House  in 
Message  No.  13,  from  the  House  of  Deputies,  be  adop.teil. 

The  following  message  was  received  from  the'  lloiiso  of 
Deputies,  : 

VEriSAOK    NO.  44. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishoji^  Hint  ii  lias  ])asstd  ' 
the  following  resolution :  ^       • 

hesohed,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  that  Hic  foUowin'g  CaiU)n 
be  adopted,  to-wit :  ' 

CANON  m.  * 

OF   C0NGKE(;.\TIOXS    AND    rAlIISIlES. 

No  congregation  within  one  Diocese  shall- unite  itself  wiHi  .-iiiv  otiiei' 
Dioc-se  ;  and  every  congregation  of  this  Church  shall  1m-1(iii-'-  lo  Lbo  Dio- 
cese within  which  their  Church-building  is  located.  «    * 

On  motion,  * 

Resolped,  That  Canon  111.  (of  Title  IV.)  an  conveyed  to  tliis  Htlu^■o  in 
Message  No.  4-i,  from  the  House  of  Deputies,  be  adopted. 

The  following  INIessage  was  received  from  the  "  froii,se  of 
Deputies  :* 

MESSIGK   NO.   45. 

'  Tlio  nouso  of  Deputies  informs  th^Ho'use  of  Bishops,  that  it.  lias  [lass^d 
the  following  liesolution: 

liegolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  that  the  folfowiug  words, 
.TITLE  .IV., 

VI-    THE   ORGANISED    1J0D1E8    ANO  (tFKICEItS    OF    TJIE   CUllun, 

be  prefixed  to  Canon  ].,  If.,  III.,  as  adojited  by  this  Hou^e,  and  conveyed 
to  Iho^House  of  Bishops  iu  Messayes  4'J.  -fJ,  and  44.  »      *  '»        ' 

•    12* 


■17^  .TbUR^^AL  OP  TIlE^GEKEPvAL  CpUHCIL.  [811i  Day.  * 

■     •'.  ^-    ■  •• 

On  motion,   '  . 

.  *  * 

Resohed,  That  tliit;  House  concufs  iii  tlie  Eesolntion  of  the  Il'onse  of 
l)ef>iities.prefixint,r  tlie  "words' 

'       '  •  TITLE  IV., 

OF    Ttri-:    oik;  A.XrSED.BDDfES  AXD  OFFICERS  OF  THE  CniRCH, 

"to  Canons  J,  fl.j  IIL,  as  adopted  by  tliis  Ho;ise. 

The  following  Message  was  Bcceiyed  from  the  Ilonso  ol' 
Deputies  :     ,?«. 

■ifKSSlGE  2>f0.  40.- 

Tlie  House  of  Deputies  informs  tlie  House  of  liishopsthr.t  it  has  passed 
'     the  tbl]oT\'ing  Resohitiou :  .         ■ 

.Resole e(l,,y\\Q  ITouseof  Bisliops  cencurring,  tljat  the  follcsving  Canon 
he  adopted :  '        '  ' i 

,  CANOK  J. 

OV  EEPEALED   CANOX:^. 

^Vllenever  there  shall  be  a  repealing  clause  in  any  Canop,  and  the  said 
Canon  shall  be  repealed,  such  repeal  shall  not  be  a  rfe-enactinentof  the 
Canon  or  Canons  repealed  by  the  said  repealing  clause. 

*0n  motion,     ,     .      . 
'     '  Resolved,,  That  Canon'  L  '(of  T\ii\Q  V.)  as   ccfuveyed-to  this  House   in 
J^fessage  No.  46,  fron^  the  House  of  Deputies  be  adopted. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  tlic  lloiise  of 
Deputies  i 

i^ESSApE  XO.  4  . . 

The  House  of  Deputies  inlonns  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  has  passed 
tlie  Ibllow-ingResolation:  ."  .    . 

Jicsohcd,  The  Hou^e  of  J^isliops  concurring,  that  the  following  Canon 
lie  adopted,  to-vrit :  * 

•    .  0ASt)2>r  n. 

OF    TIIK    RErEAl.,    AMENDiLEKT    AND   ENACTMENT   OF   CANONS. 

lirall  o.^ses  of  *future  enactment,  the   same,  if  by  way   of  amendment 

of  an   existing,  provision,  shall  be  in  tiig  following  form  :   "  Canon 

(or  k^ctioii  — t—  of  Canon  — — ,  or  Clause of  Section of  Canon 

-^ )  of  Title ,  is  ]ie**eby  amended  so  as  to   read  as  fbllows:"  And 

if  the  ehactinentis  6\  an  additional  Clause,. Section  or  Canon,  it  shall  he    ^ 
designated  as  the  next  Canon,  or  next  Section,  or  next  Clause,  of  a  Carron  ' 
(tr  Section,  in  the  order  of  nunibei^ig,  .of  tlie  Title  to  which  the  subject 
jiroperly  belongs  ;  and  if  a  Canon  or  Section  or  Clause  be  striclten   out, 
rlie  existing  numbering  shalL  be  retained,  i;util   a    new    edition' of  the 
C;iU(ius  be  directed.         „  '  .  * 

The  Committee  on  Canons  of  each  House  of  the  General<C!ouncil  shall, 
at  the  cl(jse  of  each  Session,  apiJoiut  twb  of  their  number  to  certify  the 
ciianges,  if  any,  made  in  the  Canons,  and  .to  rei)ort  the  same,  with  the 
l)roper  .irra'^igeinent  thereof,  to  the  Secretary,  who  shall  iJTiut  the  isame 
jn^he  Jou'rniii  '  .  •  > 


1862.]  ,  HOUSE  OF  r-TSITOPS.  179 

On  motion, 

Resolved.,  Tliat  Canon  11.  (of  Title  V.)  as  conve-yed  to  jlii-<  irou.<«  in 
Message  No.  47  from  the  House  of  Deputies  be  adopted. 

The  following  ]V[essao;e  was  received  from  tlie  l^ouse  of 
Deputies:  "  ^'>.:-    ^   ■         .>    .   •     y,-     •.«».••« 

MESSAGE  NO.  48. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  Hou?ie  of'  Hishops  tliat  it  has  passed 
the  following  Resolution  :  ■  " 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  that  the  tnlldwii,;':  words 

TITLE  v., 
^flscEI.I.AXKpra  peovisioxs, 

be  prefixed  to  .Canons  I.  and  II.  as  adopted  hj  this  il,.;ive,  a;ifl  conveyed 
to  the  House  of  Bishops  in  Messages  46  and  47.  • 

On  motion, 

Resolret^,  That  this  House  concurs  in  prefixing  the  word'^, 

TITLE  v., 

•  MISCSLLANEOrs   n:0VISI0N9,. 

to  Canons  L  and^il.  as  adopted  by  this  House. 

The  House  then  proceeded  t6  nominate  b}-  Imllcn.  a  lAei;-- 
istrar  of  the  General  Council,  and  the  "Tiev.  W.  U..  ifari-- 
son,  of  the  Diocese  of  Georgia,  was  unanimouslv  nomi- 
nated, 

On  motion,  the. Secretary  was  instructed  to  inform' Die 
House  of  Deputies  that  the  House  of  Bishops  have  jiomi- 
nated  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Ilarison  for  the. office  of  l^egistrar 
of  the  General  Council. 

On  motion,  the  House  adjourned. 


N'INTH  DAY'S  .SESSTOiX. 

1^'r^iDAy,  I^Tov.  21,  18G2. 
The,  House  mot. ,  pursuant  to   adjournment.     .Preseftt  as 
yes.terda}',        ,  .  . 

The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  werereail  and  approved. 
Tlie  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House   of 
Deputies : ' 

MESSAGE   NO.    49.  , 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  Honse.of  Bishops  that  jt  has  i^assed 
the  following  Resolution  : 

Resolved,  Tlie  House  of  Bishops  concurring, -that  Message  No.  20, 'of 
the- House  of  Bishops,  togetlier  with  the  Report  a-d  Resolutions  of  the 
Committee  of  this  House,  on  the  Bible  and-  Prayer  Book,  be  referred  to 
a  Joint  Committee  of  both  Houses.  •      •      " 


180  _  .TOWRNAL  OF  T|IE  GE^'EEAL  COUNCIL.         [OtliDaj. 

*  •  \ 

Also,  that  Messrs.  McCradj,  Plielan,  and  iLassie,  and  tlie  Kev.  Messrs. 
]Srasou  and  Pctcrkin,  liave  l>een  appoinf'ed  as  said  Committee  on  the  part 
i)f  this  Ilense. ' 

^  •M.ij^  motlQllj     ,.  .    ,  "  !,,  "  i»      V      .  .,.  ..*^» 

**\*    ■     **   '^esoh-ni^  'J'bat  ll.is  H"-,,--   ,:<  rru  -^  k,  '.ul-  request  fiiMe  in  Messagelso. 
-I'.i,  from  tJiej] louse  oi'  ]  )epuLies,  iur  the  appointment  of  a  Joict  Committee. 

■  The  Presiding  Bishop  appointed  Bisliops  Jolans,  Atkin- 
son, and  Davis  said  Committee' on  tlie  part  of  the  Honso. 
Bishop  Johns  snhmitted  the  followino"    • . ' 

•  *       REPORT: 

The  Committee  appointed  .to  confer'with  the  Conmiittee  of  the  House 
of  Deputies  in  rsfereu'ce  to  Section  3,  of  Canou  I.  Title  IL,    as   adopted 
,     1)*}'  the  ]}Quse  pf  Bishops,  atid  not   concurred  in  by  the   House  of  Depu- 
ties, report  that  no^agreenient  can  he  effected,  and  ask  to  be  discharged. 

♦  .  .  J-  ^OHNS,  Chairman. 
On  motion,  the  Report  .was- received,  and  the  Committee 

disciiarged.  .     '  '  '     . 

Bisliop  Atlvinsdn  moved  to  reconsider  Title  IL  "Of  the 
General  Regulation  of  Ministers,'^  so  as  to  introduce  a  new 
Canon  to  be  called  Canon  IX.  "  W  the  use  of  the  Book  of 
('Ommon  Prayer." 

The  ayes"  and  nays  being  called  for,  the  motion  was  lost 
^  oil  the  follovving  vote,  to-Vv'it :  / 

Aye8 — Bishoj3s  Atkinson,  Lay,  and  W-ilmer — 3. 

NAYs-^Bishops  Elliott,  Johns,  and  Davis — 3.     .  .     •  *    •• 

Bishop  Lay  presented  his  Report,  a€  the  Miasiouary 
Bishop  of  ^le  South-jveSt,  which,  on  motion,  was  read. 

On  motioj!,    '    -  .     .  ,         .   "     -  '  • 

Jiisoh'fd,  That  the  lleport  of  the  Missionary  Bishop  of  the  Soutilij^west 
be  rexx'ivedjiurnd  printed  in  the;  Appendix  tp  the  Journal.  » 

0;f  motion,  the  House  took  a  recess,  to  allow  of  the  sit- 
tiFig  of  the  Joiiit  Committee  on  tlie  Bible  and.  Book  of 
Common  Prayer.    "*  ♦       ,  .  .  . 


T|io  House  resumed  its  busi^^ess. 

On  motion  of  Bishop  Johns, 

JieHolved,  That  the  Secretary  be  instructed  to  insert  the  Record  of  the 
Consecration  of  the  lit.  ReVi  Eichard  IL  Wilmer,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  Ala- 
bama,'%nd  the  Certificate  of  his^ Consecration,  in  the  .Appendix  to  the 
Journal  of  lAiis  House.  '  -  ,  - 

»  On  motion,  Message  Ko.  27,  of  the  House  of  Deputies, 
was  taken  up,  and  the  following  Resolution  adopted  : 

Rcftoh-cd,  That^tliis  House  "concurs  in  tke  Resolution  adopted  by  the 
House  of  Deputies,  that  this  General  Council  do  adjourij  on  Saturday, 
tlie3'2d  inst. 


1S62.]  .      HOUSE  OF  lUSIdOPS.  ISl 

J)i«lio[)  Johns  rcijacsted  leave  o/  ubscucu  Ibv.^li*^  rciuain- 
<ler  of  the  Session,  which  rjeqiicst,  oii.inotion^'vvas  granted. 
.,  On  motion,  the  House  tidjonrncil. 


TENTH  JJ.VS  SESSION. 

•  ♦ 

Saturdav,  Nov.  22,  lSt]2.       , 

The  J lou'se  met ■  pursuant  tg  adjonrnmcnt.  'Present  as 
yestcrthiy,  with,  the  bxccptioaof  the  Bishdp  of  Virginia. 

The  minutes  of  tjie  last  meeti^ig)ver6  read  anda])pr()vcil. 

The  following  Message  was  received  .from  the  llouse  of 
Deputies  :  .  ^  *  • 

MESSAGE   X«1.    00. 

Tlie  House  of  Defluties  iul'onns  lliu  House  of  Hishops  ti;;it  it  concurs 
ill  the  uineiulnients  to  Canon  HI.  Titl<e  IL,  ^  convoyctl  to  this  Iloiu^e  in 
Mossn<rc  Xq.  '2G  of  the  House  of  Bishops. 

That  it  concui'te%i  the  nniendmijnt  to  Canon  VII.  Title  III.  as  convcvcil 
to  this  House  in  !Mes.sagc  Xo.  30,  of  thcf  Housctof  Bislio]ts. 

That  fi  Concurs  ill  the  ameiidnionts  toCanon  IX.,  Title  III.,  as  conveyed 
tT)  this*Hoijse  in  Message  ^o.  ;\2}  of  tbo  House  of  J>i>*hoi»s.  ^ 

TJiat  it  concurs  in  the  amendiuuut  to  Canon  I.,  Titk;  I\'..  as  coiivcycd 
to  iTiis  House  in  Message  No.  oj  of  the  House  of  Bishops. 

And,  that  it  has  elected  the  Rev.  AV.  H.  Harison,  of  tlie  llioccse  of 
Georgia,  to  tlie'otlice'of  Ilegk^trar  of  flip  General  Council. 

The  following  ?^Icssage  was  received  from  the   ilousc!  of  •■ 

Deputies :  '         •  • . 

•         •'• 

fiESSAGE    XO.    ."Jl. 

• 

JThe  Hons^  of  l)(.i)uties  intornis  the  House  of  Bishdpsljiat  it  has  elcclcd 
Mr.  .!■.  K.  S.1SS,  ot  Charleston.  S.**(^.,  tt>  the  otHce  of  Tre:isui-cr  of  ilw 
Gc4|t-ral  Council.  ^ 

/(3n  nibtion,  ,  ...  ^ 

llcsolted^  Tbat  the  election  of  Mr.  J.  K.  !Sass  to  nht"  olHce  ol  Trert.->- 
Mrcr  of  the  General  Couiicirhe  coiifivmed  b^this  House. 

On  motion,  Mtssagc  No.  26,  from  tliB  House  of  Ut-'l'"^- 
ties,  was  taken  up;  and  on  motion  of  Bishop  Lay,  »     •  ' 

AV«#?ce<7»  That  this  House  concur*  with  the  Ho->'>  .r  ii,.].iiii,'s  in  fuc- 
fixing  tlic  words  ^  • 

.     TITLE  I  r.," 
ue.\t:i;ai.  RE«tLATioN.s   oiJ"  MixisTKiLs    AXi)  tTii:ii;   l)iriL:>,         • 
10  Canons  I.,  IT.,  HI.',  IV.-,  Y.,  VI.,  VII.,  VIII.,  its  adoptecri'v  this  llouse.    * 

Oh  motion,  Mess'agc  No.  41,  from* the  House  of  Depu- 
ties, was  taken  up,*and»thc  folloAvi^igliesolution  adopted  : 


182        ,     JOUrvNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  GOUNCIL.        [10th  Day. 

Resolved,  Jhat  this  Hoiu-e  concurs  with  tlie  Houiie  of  Deputies  in  pre- 
fixing the  wordi{ 

■      .  '      '  TITLE  III., 

•  OFDlSdlPLlNE, 

to  Canons  I.,  II.,  IH.;  IV.,  V.,  VI.,  Vlf.,  VIII.,  L\.,  X.,'XI.,  aa  adopted 
bj  this  House.         *  ' . 

The  following  Messai?;c  wasa^eccived  irom  the  House  of 
DepnJLies";  .  -  " 

•  '  *    ■ 

MESSAGE   NO.  Wl?.  •  .       .  ^ 

The  House  of  l>e[mties  infonns  t!ie  House  of  Ui.shops  that  it  lias  jiassed 
the  following  Kesolutiou,:  ^    ^     ' 

Resolved^  Tlie  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  That  Canon  XI.,  Title 
HI.,  be  amended  by  adding  thereto  the  following  Section,  to-wit: 

§  3.  Persons  desirin'gto  act  habituiilly  as  Lay-Readers  may  do  so  with 
the  consent  of  tlie  Ecclesiastical  authority  of  the  Diocese  in  which  they 
are  thus  to  read. 

On  motion , 

Resolred,  Tliat  this  House;  concurs  in  the  amendment  to  Canon  XL,  of 
Title  in.,  ;u>  conveyed  to  this  House  in  Message  No.  52,  of  the  House  of 
Deputies.        ■  ^  * 

l>is]io[)  Atkinson, 'ou  the  part  of  the  Joint  Committee  on 
tli§  l]il)1e  and  Book  of  Common  Praj^er,  submitted  the  fol- 
lowing IJesolutibns,  which,  ou  his  motion,  were  adopted: 

1.  Rei;qhcd,  The  llous^  of  Deputies  concurring,  That  the  Book  of 
Common  Prayer,  and  Admiulstration  of  the  Sacraments,  and  other  Rites 
and  Coreilonies  heretofore  used  '  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  ot" 
the  United  States,  (the  words  "United  States"  being  changed  into  "  Cou- 
fe'derate  States,"  and  "Convention"  into  "Council,"  -wherever  they   oc- 

■  <Twr  in  the  Ltfitrgical  ■Services,)  be^ established  as  The  Book  of  Common 
Prayer,  and  Administration  of  the  Sacraments,  and  other  Rites  and  Cere- 
monies of  this  Chu-rch,  Articles  of  Religion,  and  Form  and  Manner 
t>i'  Making,  Ordaining,  and  Cons^ecratiug  Bishops,  Priests,  and  Deacons. 

2.  Resoli'cd,  The  House  of  Deputies  concurring,  That  to  the  said  Book 
tliCPe'sli.'ill  be  prefixed  a  Declaration  of  its  Ratification  in  these  words  : 
"  Tlie  ] Ratification  of  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  by  the  Bishops,  She 
"Clergy,  nnxl  tlie*Laity  of  the   Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Con- 

"le(]er:ite  States  of.  ximerioa,  in  Council  this day   of  X''ovembei\ 

•'  in  the   year  of  our  frLord,  one  thousand,  eight  hundred  an;]  sixty-two. 

"  'IfiiwCouncil  having  in  its  present  session  set  forth  a  Book  of  Com- 
••  VA&\i  Bi'ayer,  and  Administration  of  the  Sacraments,  and  other  Rites 
".and  e«i'emoiiies  of  the  Church,  do  hereby  establish  the  said  Book: 
"And' they  declare  it  to  be  the  Liturgy  of  this  .Church  :  And  require  that 
"  it  be  received  and  used  as  such  by  all  the  members  of  tins  Church." 
•  :l.  Revived,  The  House  of  Deputies  concurring.  That  a  Committee  of 
tfiree  Bishops,  three  Presbyters,  and  three  Laymen,  be  appointed,  with 
instructions  tA  prepare  during  the  interval  between  the  .adjournment  of 
tJiis  Council  and  the  meeting  of  the  next,  and  to  report  to  it  such  altera- . 
tions  in  the  Book  of  Common  Prftyer  as  _may.be  deemed  proper;  Fro- 
tided^  such  alterations' involve  no  changein  the  Doctrine  or  Discipline  of 
this  Charch.  *  . 


•  f  •       »        * 

1862.  f  •  ■   HOUSE  OF  ]5ISII0PS.  .'  /      is.i 

■I.  Resolved,  TIio  llousc  of  Deputies  eoncurriii??,  Tiiat  llio  |;uiie  Coin- 
mi  tteebc  an  thoilzed  to  miblisb  au  edition  of  said  4^ook  liorjTiQ  jn-i-scuf 
use  of  the  Ohnrca.  And  a^^o,  in  orde?  to  supply  in»])urt  the  urgent  tice.! 
of  copies  of  flie'Prayer  Pook  for  our  soldiers  and  sailorf.  a  selection    oi 


•   ^cnptnres,  yet  in    us  judgment   tiie   present    oonuii 
'  makes  it  expedient  to  postpone  the  exec\ition  thereot 

.Ou-lfiotion,  '•/t     •'         •     9        •  > 

Resolrcd,  Tliat  the  moiubers  of  tiie  Committee ^u  tlic-licrision  of  the 
Prayer  Book,  6n  the  part  of  thisHonsp,  provided  for  in  the  "d  iiosoln- 
tiAn  above  stated,  be  chosen  by  ballot.  ■  * 

The  House  then  proceeded  to  balldf  tor  tirree  ]>isliopf--  to 
sor^e  on  tlie  Committee.*   On  counting.flie  vote.^,  Bi.^lK^i^s 
Elliott,  Green  and  Lay  were  lound  to.be  duly  elected.' 
1  Tho-followino:  Messacre  was  received  from  the  :l[6uT;e»o{" 
Deputies  :  !      *    •  "       .    •    • 


Th'ellonse  of  Deputies  i!.ior;ii>  ilic  iIoum-  <>i  liir.liop>,iiiai  it  liat^adoj 
led  the  Kesolutions  reported  l>>- thi  Joint  C#m»ittee  on  tlie  Bihk;  an 
;Kiok  of  Cdinraoft  Prayer.  •  •  «       . 

'llie  House  of  Deputies  also  infotms  tl^^  Hoinsepl'  r>isbui)s  that,it  has 
ajiyointed  on  the  part  of  tills  House  on\  jLo  ®omnul*«c  ]irovided.  tor  in 
ilio  ."id  of  the  said  K^solntions,  the  Kef?  W.  Sparron%  D.  J).,  the  Pev.  L'. 
!<(.  ^ason,  D.  D..  the  Per.  Paul  Trtipioi-,  nml  >rcsvrs. -T^hvard  .\rcCr:'.(lv. 
^ohn  D.  PhelMi^  and  W.  11.  Prattle.     .  ' 

•  On  motion  of  Bishop  ?ltkinsoii, 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Deputies  conenrring,  !hal  nu  edition,  coflsistiif-; 
"of  tive  hmHired  co])ie;*  of  the  Canons  passed  at  tha  ])resent  session  of  the 
Cencr'al  Council,  be  publislied"  immediately, >under  the  direction  of  the 
Secretaries  of  the  two  Houses,  andz-distribnted  by  tbeni.  *  • 

The  following: 'mespao-e  vrns  received  from  the  llousc  ol'' 

Deputies 

•  *  V  . ,  .         ' 

MJCSSAGi;   NO.  o4^   ^  •  . 

Tho.  House  of  Deputies  inloiius  ^le  House  of  iJishoi'S.that  ft  haspa^-scd 
the  foil OAv ins;  Eesolutioy:         '  •         . 

,  Resolved,  The  HonSe  of  Bishops  coucnfriug,  Thtit  a  sntticient  nnnibor 
of  copies  of  the  Jouriials  of  this  Council,  together  Avitli  tlie  Coff^titntion. 
and  a  Digest  of  tlio  Canons  of  this  CJlnrch,  be'  published  under 'tlic  di- 
rection of  t1ic"  Secretaries  of  Ihc  two  HoiTses,  to  fnrnisli  tive  copies  to 
each  Bisboj*,  and  fr\vo  to  ench  Clergflnan  in  the  Cojjfedcrate  States  ;  and 
two  to  each  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputyto  tbis  Council,  one  copy  to  the 
•  Secretary  of  oacli  Diocesan-  Councilfand*onc,to»th<!»Sccretjiry  of  tbe 
Standiii;^:  Committee  of  each  Diecese  or  this  Church,  anil  to  reserte  200 
ct»pies  for  the  future  use  of  tlie  Ciencral  Council;  and  t-liat  the  Tre:isu?ers 
oi"  ifie  several  Diveses  be  requested  to  remit  at  once  to  th»  Treasurer  of 
the  Cteneral  Council  the  amounts  required  of  said  Diocese*iePpectively,, 
f>y  Canon  1.  Title  l^''.,  in  order  to  ("lefrny  tb"  iN^'fiM-cut  ex]toii>('s  of  i!ic 
licncral  Council.      •". 


184        ■      JOlJlJNAL  OF  TlfE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.        .[10th  Day. 

O'n  moll  on,  '*  '     '  - 

Jicsoir^I,  Thkt  tJiisllouse  concijrs  intlie  Kesoliitioii  on  tlie  publication 
and  {listribution^of  life  Jonhial  as  adopted  by  the  Hoiisfe  of  Deputies. 

.  'Mr.  Joliu  I),  riielan,  as  a  Committee  on  the  part  of  the 
House 'of  Deputies,  appeared,  to- consult  the  House  of  Bish- 
ops on  th|?,©rder  of  the  concluding  services  of*  the  Coiiiv 
cil — and  presented  the  Eesolution  on  the  same,  adopted  by 
the  House^of  Dejmties.  .  ' 

On  motioji,  ••  •.      - 

TieRoltcd,  That  this  Rouye  adopts  tlie  Order  of  the  House  of  Deputies, 
and' that  Mr.  T'helan  ho  requested  to  inform  t]>e  House  ot  Deputies  of  the 
.said  adoption  by  this  Hbuse.  ^  • 

•  Oil motion  of  Bishop  Lay,     '    '  '  '  . 

Etsohed,  The  House  of  Deputies  concurring,  That  whenever  the.  Dio- 
ceses bf  ^rennessee,  Louisiana  and  Florida,  or  any  of  them,  shall,,  by  their 
Conventioqs  adopt  the  Constitution^  and  accede  'to  the  Canons  of  this 
Churclu  and  ftirnish  satisfactoiy  evidence  thereof  to  the  Senior  Bishop, 
tlie  said  Senior  Bis.hop  shall  give  public  notice  of  the  fact,  and  shall  de- 
clare ,'^iid  DiocesQ  or  Dioceses  to  be  in  union  with  this  General  Council. 

'  The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies :      '      * 

MKSSAG'b   NO.  55.       •*  "  ^ 

The*  Hpuse  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bisliops  that  it  has  passed 
the  following  Res»]jiitiohs,  to-wit :  • 

Resolved,  The  House  of. Bishops  concurring — 
•  1.  That  a  Comraittee  oi"  three  Bishops,  chosen  by  the  House  of  Bish- 
()]is,  shall  so  far  control  the  general  missionary  work  of  the  Church,  as  to 
arrange  Missionary  Districts  in  States  or  Territories  not  organized  into' 
Dioceses,^  ajTange  the  boundaries  of  their  jurisdictions,  and  provide  regu-  ■ 
lations  afid  instructions  for  their  guidance;  it  being  understood,  that  each 
Missionary  Bishop  shaH  have,  as  far  as  may  be  consistent  with  the  fore- 
going provisions,  tlie  direction  of  all  Missionary  operation^within  his 
ow**!!  Diocese  or  District,  and  in  every  case  the -appointment  of  the  Mis- 
.^ion'aries  under  him. 

2.  That  the  said  Committee  shall  fix  the  ratio  of  distribution  among 
the  Dioceses  artd  Districts  which  are  to  be  provided  for,  and.  the  salaries 
of  tlie  l^Lissionaries  :  .provided,  hoiDcver,  that  all  special  contributions  shall 
lie  riiceiv^d  and  disbursed  by  the  Treasurers  of  the  Missionary  funds,  af- 
cordinj^  to  the  will  of  tlie  donors.- 

8.  That  the  Comraittee  proposed  in  the  first  of  these  Resolutions,  is  ex- 
pected to  encourage  the  prosecution*  of  Foreign  Missions,  so  far  as  it  may 
1)6  able;  but,  until  communications  are  opened,  and  satisfactory  relations 
arc  established  with  Bishops  and  other  Missionaries  in  foreign  countries, 
all  monies  which  have  been,  or  may  be  ^hereafter  contributed  for  this  ob- 
ject, shall  be  securely  invested. 

4.  That  in.  order  to  provide  a  general  Missionary   Fund,  the   General 

,  Council  earnestly  advise  all  Clergymen  of  the  Church  having  charge  of 

Congregations  and  Missions,  to  adopt  some  system  of  monthly  oiferings 

to  be  received  during  public  worship,  and  they  further  ad\'ise  all   meuj- 


1S(32.J  lf<*)USK  OF  BISHOPS.  185 

■ 
hers  of  the  Cfiiircli,  wluitniay  be  precludocl  by  circiim.*tancfsJroin  poiiig 
frequently  to  the  ^lonse  ol^God,  to  set -apart  sfiinethirifr  eyery  moftth  in 
]>lace  of  such  otVerinirs,  anil  thai,  of  the  vhole  nnionnt  tU'.rs  obtaiiictl,  at 
least  one-fourth  he  ]>]a?>e(l  at  the  <lis]iosal  of  the  fnid  Committee. 

5.  That  the  House  of  J5isliops  i^hall  aypoint  one  or  more  Treasuroj-s  to 
leceive  and  distribute  the  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fund :  the  said  Trea- 
sur'eVsto  cause  to  bepuMislied,  i'rom  tiina  to  time,  all  Missionary-  receipts 
and  expenditures,  and  to  make  an  annual  report  to  said  Committee,  ulio, 
sjmll  report  triennially  to  the  (General  CouHcil.  *  « 

().  That  each  Bishoji,  for  AvTioec  iNiocese  or  .District  Missioanry  appro-' 
|u-iationsmay  he  made,  shi?ll  report  ajmuAlly  to  said  Conimittee,  ami  tri- 
onnially  th  the  House  of  Bishoj»s. 

7.  That  the  reports  of  the  rewivinp;  agents  for  Foreign  and  Domestic 
?,lissions  rolerrcd  to  this  CoiiMnittee,  he  publislied  •\vithtlio  Journal  of 
this  House.  .  ,  ^ 

Oil  motion,  .       ... 

Ixcso.h'f'if  That  this  House  doe.s*not.contAir  in  Wio  Resolutions  on  Mis* 
sions,    adopted    by  the    Hou!*e.  af  ,r)ei)t?ties,  and    ceijveyed    in    Message 

No.  5.5. 

On  motion  Of  Bishop  Atkinson,  the  following;  liCsohttions 
on  ^Missions  were  adopted  :      ,  ' 

licsohcd,  The  Hou*;oof  Deputies  concurring — 

\.  That  a  Committee  of  threo  Bishops,  cJiosen  by  the  House  of  15ish-' 
ops,  shall  so  far  control  the  general  missionary  work  of  the  Church  as  to 
determine  what  organized  Dioceses  are  proper  iields  for  the  expenditure 
of  Missionary  funds  entrusted  to  this  Committee,  to  arrange  Missionary 
Districts  in  States  or  territories  not  organized  into  Dioceses,  and  ]>ro- 
vide  regulations  and  instriTCtions  for  their  guidance  ;  it  being  understood 
that  each  t5ishop  shall  have,  as  far  as  may  be  consistent  with  the  forego- 
ing ])ryvision.'^,  tlie  direction  of  all  Missionary  operations  Avithin  his  own 
Diocese  or  ])istrict,  and  in  every  case  the  appointment  of  the  ^Migsiona- 
nes  under  him. 

2.  That  tlie-said  Coiumittec  shall   fix    the  ratio  of  distribution  amojig 
tiie  Dioceses  and  Districts  which  are  to  be  provided  for,  and  the  salaries 
of  the  Missionaries  in  Disji'ic'ts  wherb  there  is  no  Bishop  :  j>roriiJfi?,  how-  ' 
( rcr,  that  all  s])ecial  contribfltions  shall  \)Q  rcceivgd  and  disbursed  by  the 
Treasurers  of  the  Missionary  furtds,  according  to  the  Avill  of  the  donors,  . 

8. 'That  the  Committee  ^hall,  out  of  funds  not  specilicajly  designated 
by  the  donors,  ai)propriate  to  the  Bishop  of  Texas,  until*  the  next  Gen- 
erarCouncil,  the  sum  of.  $1,500  per  annum';. and  to  the  Bishop  of  Arkan- 
sas the  sum  of  ^1,500  and  travelling  expenses,  pe^  ajjnnni,^ towards  their 
respective  salaries.  '     ,  ,■  -         '     . 

4.  That  the  Committee  ]);'oposcd  in.  the  first  of  these  Resolutions  is 
exjiected  to  encourage  the  prosecution  of  Foi;eign  Missions  so  far  as  it  may 
be  able;  but,  until  communications  are  opened,  andsntisfaotory  relations 
arc  established  with  Bishops  and  other  Missionaries  in  foreign  countries, 
Jill  monies  which  have  been,  or  may  bo  hereafter  contributed  for  this  ob- 

,Ject,  shall  be  securely  invested.      .       •  *•  , 

5.  That  th<?  House  of  Bishops  shall  appoint  one  or  more  Treasurcfrs  to 
ie(*cive  and  .distribute  the  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fund:  the  saidjlroa- 
surers  tcjcnuse  to  be  published,  from  time  to  time,  all  Missionary  receipts 
and  expenditures,  and  to  Aake  an  ajjnual  veport  to  said  committee,' wjio 
shall  report  triciMiially  to  the  General  Council. 


186  JOURNAL  UF  THE  GENERAL ^COCNOIL.      iJOlliDay. 

6.  That  ca(4li  l-ilsliop,-  i6v  whose  Diocese  oi;   Distric^'Missionary  anpro-* 
]iriatioiis  may  bemade,^sliall  I'eport  aunually  to'said  Committee,  and  tri- 
eniiially  to  tli'e  House  of  Bishops.  '      *  ._       ■ 

7»  That  the  reports  of  tlie  receiving  agents  for  Eorcii^ii,  and   JJouiestic 
Missions,  referred  to  tliis   OoniinitLee,  1)6  published  with  the  J*ourna).s  of  . 
tills  House.  ,,  '  <    •     .    *" 

TIio  foUo'.ying  Message  v/as  received  froia   the  ILoiiso  of 

Defiutic^ :  "  *       m'  ■      * 

*  '       ^    ■  #     •" 

MESSAGK   NO.    oG.'  *  '  ^  » 

,  i  ■   * 

The  House  of  Deputies  iuforuis  tlic  iiouse  of  Hishops  tiiat  it  has  passed 
the  following: Resolution:  .     »  »'     ,  "  ■•  ' 

Jiesolvcd,  T^e  Hoifsc  of  Hishops  concurrini^^  That  tlfb  ConiDiitleo  ou  the  • 
Revision  of  the  Prayer  Bt)ok  be  dire*;tcd  to  have  prhite^,   three  n!i)iillis 
l)cfore  the  meeting  of  the  next  Gendl'al  Coimcil,  anv  alterations  tt^ty  may 
'  yrojiose,  and  to  send  a*copy  ^f  such  jiVoposed  alterations  to  each  Hislioj" 
of  this  Church,  aiwt  to  eaeii  Deputy  to  the  next  (ieneral  Council 

On  motion,  • 

Resolved.,  That  this  House  concurs  in  the  Resolution  of  t!ie  liou;-|'  of 
Dcfiuties,  conveyed  in  Mess(igcNo*5C.  '  ,■ 

The  followifiG:  Messasces  wore  received  from  the  lIou;5C  of 
.     Deputies :  '  ♦■ 

MESSAGE   NoTC?.  ,    •  •        • 

Tlie  House  of  Deputies  infui'ms  tlie  Hoflse  of  J3ishoi)S  tliatit  luis  con- 
curred in  the  adoptionjof  the  Resolution  eon^'eycd  to  tliis'llijuse  in  Mes- 
sage No.  48,  of  the  House  of  irisfiops.  ,.  »  ,  ' 

MESSAGiS   KO.    5^     ■  .  •  ^  ^ 

The  House  of  Deputieis  informs  thelIouse/)f  HisIiOpstliat  it  has  unani- 
mously concurred  in  the  ratiliciJtion  and  coniirmatiou  of  tlie  ^election  of 
the  Rt.  Rev.  Henry  C.  Lay,  D.  D.,  to  T  e  Bis]iop*o1"  the  Vi^qq^j^  of  Ar- 
kansas. 

On  motion  of  l^i'shop  Wilmer,    ■•  '  ■   '  # 

Resolved.,  That  the^ adoption  of  Canon  L^ol' Title  IL,  ifs  amendjd*>>y 
Liiis  Hotise,  he  rescinded.  -'"•.'.*  * 

And-  ou  motion  of  the  same,     '         ..  • 

Resolved^  That  Qfingn  L  of  Title  IL,  as.couveyed  to  this  House  iii  Mes- 
sage'No.  I'J,  of  the  House  pf  L)ep|ities,  \o.  adopted.       *■      '  *  #    '  , 

The* following  message  wm  received  from  the  limise  of 
Deputies:.        i  '  • 

MESSAGE   A'6.    59.  -  » 

The  House  of  Deputies  inforjfli*  t!i^'  Hous'^'of  Bishops  that  it  Jias  ci.*.!- 
curVcd  in  the  adoption  of  the*  Rcsolij^ion  transmitted  <o  tliis  House  in 
Message  No.  41),  »f  the  House  of  Bishop.  '• 

•     That  it  has  concurred- in  the  ado])tiofi  of  the  Resolutioh  cuuveycd   ic 
th.i^  House  in  Message  No.  5-^,  6f  tl^e  House  fff  Bishops.  * 

Also,  that  it  cpncurs^in  the  Resolut.ioiist)n  thea^ibjejjt  of  Missions  co;  - 

veved  to  this  Hous^  in'Messas^e*  No.  53.  <|f  the  Ho«se  of  Bishop^      « 

*       •-    '  •  • 

*    \  « 


1862.]  IIOUSE  OF  RlSHOrP.  \S7 

Oil  motion  ori>islio[>  Wilincr, 

Rraolrcd,  Tlio  House  of  Deputies  coiionrrin.::^,  'riinllho  Serr^tary  ol^th^. 

House  of  Deputies  be  autliorizeJ  lo  send  to  tlie  iMsPiops  and   Secretarjes 

of'tUe  Dioceses  of"  Louisiana,  Topiiessco  aud  FlQif;ida,  copies  of  tlic  Jour- 

vials  of  tliis  (Jeueral  Council.  ■  ^  '    * 

,  «  •  *  - 

Onfriiotiou  of  Bishop  Atkinson, 

^Rcr^ohed,  That  tliis  House  cannot  terminate  its  present'Session  without 
r-xpressinf;  it.s  grateful  sQiise  of  tlio  cordial  and'liheral  hospitality  extended 
b_y  tho^diishop  of  (TCorp;ia,  and  the  Clergy  and  Citizens -of  Aiij.^netato  the 
lucrnbers  of  this  House.  •  '     ♦ 

Ut:f<oh'('(J^  Th;i,f  the  thanks  of  this  H'ouse  bo  presented  t©  th<?»i»cctor, 
Wardens,  and  Vestry  of  fcjt.  l^ul's  Church,  Augusta,  for,  the  very  con- 
vcnK'nt,  and  ample  arranf!;ouien<s  which  they  have  made  for  .the  accom- 
modation and  comfort  of  this  llouso.  ■  •*  ^ 

UcKoh:ol,  Th-jt  tlio  thanks  of,  this  House  ai'o  due  to  theii»  Secretary  for 
his  very  faithful  aj^d  acceptable  services.  •        •  '^  -» 

.     The  folK^wini:;  mcsstigc  was  received '  iVon^  the  IIoi^c  oT 
Dcimties:     •         "  ."       •  .  <. 

•  •        •    V  ^ 

MCSSAGE  XO,  GO.  *  «  . 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  thts  Uous©  o/ Bisb8p^  iljat' it  has 
passetl  the  following  Keaolutions :  f  •',    , 

I.  Iicsnhcj,  The  House  of  Hislwjis  concurring,  That  the*  ■Resolution 
ado])ted.,by  this  Council  appointing  Huntsville,  Ala.,  as  the  place  of  the 
meeting  of  the  next  Ceneral  Council,  be  and  is  hereby  r^schlded. 

■2.  Hesolvol,  The  Hbuse  of  Bishops  concurring,  tlint  the  next  meeting 
ot',  the  General  Council  be  held  at  }>[(»bffe,  Ala.' 

i)n  motion,       '       •         ■     ♦    *    '  •  ' 

..  '  *       ^ 

Rcsolcct^,  Tliat  the  Pwcscjution  adopted  by  this  House  aj)pointing  Hnnts- 
ville,  Ala.,  as  tlie  place^if  tl:e  meeting  'of  the  next  General   Comu'il;  U^ 
•ttud  it  is  hereby  rescinded. 

•    "  ,       ^-  » 

On.ipotion  of  Bishop   W^hncr,        ,*  •     5 

liCMlrc'l,  That  this  Hotise  concrtrs  -with  the  House  of  Deputies  "in  aji- 
pointing  Mobjfe,  Ala.,  as  the  place  of-holding.thc  next  General  Councif 
of  this  Cii^ircTi. 

The  IIoiisu  IjIiom'  proceeded  to  ballot  lor  thrjce  Bishops 
t%  serve  on  the  Committee  on  Missions. 

0;i  countings  the  ballots.  Bishops  Elliott,   Al^dhson   and 
Wilmcr  were  duly  elected. 
'  •    On  mtition  of  Bishop  Atkinson, 

I^a<olred,  The  House  of  Deputies  concurring,  Thntin  case  any  vacancy 
.'■liould  occur  in,the  Committee  on  the  Revision  of  the  Prayer  IJook,  or  iii 
that  on  the  ^[issiohs  of  .the  Cliurch,'if  it  be.  by  the  death,  or  resignation 
lit  a  Bishop,  it  sl«aU  be  tilled  by  "an  appointment  ma^Je  by  .the  Bishops 
still  .acti;!g— 4Riid  in  like  nianaer  in  th«  ca«e  of  a  rresbyter  or  L.aymau, 
who  it  a  member  of  the  first  of  these  Conunittees,  the*  vacancy  .«hall  be 
tilled  by  the  Presbyters  ifnd  Lawmen  respectively  of  that  Committee.  . 

'  4  • 


1SS'_   •        JUOllNAL  OF  THE  GENERAr.  guUNClL.       |l(nh  K^iv. 

The  following  Mcssngc  \vas  ro^^eivcd  frojii  the  House  oi" 
Dopiilies :  ^        '    * 

'*■.**■'»  » 

M^SSAGl^NO.  GJ.  '  r  '  ^  fV 

Th^  House  of  I)e]>uti(?s  inlonas  tlio  Bouse  of  Bishops  tluit  it  concurs 
in  the  adoption  of  the  Resohitioii  conve;)4ed  to  it  in  Message  No.  57  ipf 
the  House  of  Bisliops.    '  ^  ...  • 

The  Rev.  Pr.  Hubbard  and  the  Hon.  Jobn  D.  Thelanj  a 
Committee  uirtbe  part  of -the  House  of  Deputies,  au- 
nouuced  that- the  Ilouse  of  Deputies  had  iiuished  it* 
business,  and  was  prepared  to  receive  the  Ilpuse  ofDish- 
0})R,  and  to*  hear  the  Pastoral  Letter. 

The  House  instructed  its  Secretary  tq  inform  the  Ilguse 
of  Deputies  that  the  House  of  Bishops' would  attend  imme- 
diately for  the  ])urposeof  reading  the  Pastoral  Letter,  and 
uniting  witli  the 'House  of  Deputies  in  tli-e  closing  devo- 
tiona;!  exercises  of  tliO  Council.'  "        '  , 

The  Bishops  then  proceeded  to*St.  Pai»rs  church. 

The  Presiding  Bishop  read  the  Pastori\l  Letter,  and  .s:Ud 
the  cone^uding  prayers. 

The  two  Houses  united  in  singing  the  "  Gloria  in  excel- 
sis,"  aud-the  services  were  concluded  with  the  Bcncdidtion, 
pronounced  by  the  Presiding  Bishop. 

The  Bishopsthen  returned  to^tli^.  Lecture  .Ro"9nr  of  St. 
Paul's  church,  when  the  minutfis  of  the  ^ay  were  read'  and 
approved.  4 

On. motion,  the  Housq  adjourued,  without  day. 

STEPlIEIN^  ELLIOTT,  ,D.  D.,,  » 
,  ^    ■  *'  ;  •     •     ,         ■•  J^residing  Bishop, 

Atte^st:  ;  „ 

W.  H.  Harison,.  »  ^  ••     •     ' 

Secl-etary  House  ^f^^)ishops.  •  •  •• ' 


APPENDIX; 


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•       •   ••  •     • 

JOINt    FAUCES    o'F    order 


].  At  tlic  opening  of  the  Council,  the  House  of  Deputies,  after  organi- 
'  zingj'  shall  intbrni  the  House  of  Bisliops  that  they   have  elected  a  Presi- 
dent and  Secretary,  and  are  ready,  to  proceed  to  business;  and  the  House 
!<)f  JJishops,  after  electing  a  Secretary,  shall  communicate  su'Ch  fact  to  the 
House  of'DcputioS.       •  *  .  • 

2.'  ?ilessnt!;es  may  bo  conveyed  by  a  Committee  or  by  the  Secretary  of 
oitliov  body.  The  Secretary  of  the  body  fro  which  such  niessage  is  sent 
sliall  announce^ ''A  message  iVcAn  the  House  of  Bishops,"  or,  "  A  mes- 
s;*go  from  the  Ho^ise  of  iXeputies;"  whereupon,  procefedtngs  shall  be 
suspended  until  the  mess:^»e  is  delivered-  to  the  President.  H'  the*  mes- 
sajje  ~be  in  writing,  the  President  sliall  order  it  to  be  read  by  the  Seci'e- 
ttiry,  and  it  sludl  then  be  Llid  on  the  liable,  subj'cct  to  the  order  of  thu 
"House.  ■   »♦ ,  » 

;3.  ^^t  the  close  of  thesoslRon,  the  House  of  Dei)ntics  shall  announce  1o 
the  House  of  Bishops  that  they  have  conclfldetl  their  business,  and  are 
ready  to  receive  the  Bishops.  The  House  ©f  Bishops  shall  thcn^  desig- 
nate a  tiflfie  at  which  they  wiH  unite  with  the  House  of  Deputies  in  tiie' 
i'oncluding,devotion»l  exercises,  and  read  the  Pastoral  Letter;  if  one  be 
i^*ued.  .         1^  • 

*       4.  Joint  Coiumittees,  unless  the  number  be  specitled  in  the  Kesolution 
^nnder'which  they  are  apppinted,  shall  consist   of  three  15ishops  and   five 
l>epulies.     The  absent  of  a  majoiity  of  the  Bishops  and  a  nia)ori,ly  of  tlie 
Ivpntios  of  the  C'omitiittee  slnvll  be  n(?cessary  for  a  majority  rcpoi't. 


..3.))ptt!)ii-f.    •    • 


»  • 

» 


iirLES  ©F  ORDEll  OF  THE  HftUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.  " 

»!  l^ach  dav's  session  shall  commeuce  with  the  Mornim;-  tr^ervice  of  the 
^  hurcli.  •  , 

*1.  When  the  i'^sidcnt  takes  the  ChaiV,  ^k;  MemI)or  siiall  continue 
-lauding,  or  slTnll  afterwards  stand,  except  to  address  the  Cliair. 


190  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.  [18G2. 

3..  When  ihe  President  shall  have  taken  the  Chair,  the  Roll  of  Mem- 
bers shall  be  called,  and  the  Minutes  of  the  i)receding  day,  read. 

4.  The  business  of  the  House -shall  be  called  up,  and  disposed  of  in  the 
following  order,  to-wit : — 1st.  Conimunications  from  the  President.  2d.. 
Reports  from  Standing   Committees.     Sd.  Reports   of  Special   Coifimit- 

'    tCGS.  ,4th.  Petitions  and  Memorials.  .5th.  Motions  and  Resolutions. 

5.  The  House  shall  proceed  to  the  Order  of  the  Day  one  hour  after  its 
meeting,  unless  sooner  ordered  or  dispensed  with,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds 
of  the  Members  present.  .•  . 

G.  All  Resolutions  skall  be  reduced  to  writing,  presented  to  the  Secre- 
tary, pnd  by  him  read  to  the  House  ;  and,.no  motion  shall  be.  consideit'd 
before  the  House,  unless  seconded. 

7.  No  Member  shall  absent  himself  from  the  sessions  of  the  House, 
unless  he  have  leave,  or  be  unable  to  a'ttend. 

.  8.  Y/'hcn  any  Member  is  about  to  apeak,  or  delivev  any  matter  to  the 
House,  he  shall,  with  due  respect,  address  himself  to  the  President,  con- 
fining himself  strictly  to  the  point  in  debate. 

9.  No  Member  shall  speak  more  than  twice,  in  the  same  debate,  vrith- 
out  leave  of  the  House.  .       •        . 

10.  While  the  President  is  putting  any  question,  the  Members  shall 
continue  in  their  seats,  and  shall  not  hold  any  private  discourse. 

11.  Every  Member  who   shall  be  in  the  House  when  any  question   is  ^ 
put,  shall,  on  a  division,  be  counted,  unless  he  be  personally  interested  in 
the,  discussion. 

12.  When  a  question  is  under  consideration,  no  motion  ,shall  be  re 
cefved,  unless  to  lay  it  upon  the  table,  to  postpone  it  to  a  certain  time,  to 
postpone  it  indefinitely,  to  commit,  to  amend,  or  to  divide  it;  and  mo- 
tions for  any  of  these  purposes  shall  hav§  precedence  in  the  order  herein 
nam.ed.  The  motions  to  lay  upon  the  table  and  to  adjourn,  .shall' be  de- 
cided without  debate.     The  motion  to  adjourn  sliall  always  be  in   ordSr. 

.  lo.  All  Committees  shall  be  appointed  by  the  President  unless   other- 
wise ordered. 

"     14.  AYhen  the  House  is  about  to  rise,  every  Member  shall  keep  his  seal, 
until  the  President  leaves  his  chair.  ■ 

15.  The  names  of  the  movers  of  resolutions  shall  appear  upon  the 
Minutes  of  this  House. 

IC.  ThcReports  of  all  Cdmmittecs  shall  be  in  writing,  and  shall  be  re- 
ceived, of  course,  and  without  motion  for  acceptance,  unless  recommitted 
» by  a  vote  of  the  House.     All    reports  recommending  or   requiring   anj 
action  or  expression  of  opinion  by  tho  House,  .shall  bo  aceom])anied  I)}'  a 
resolution  for  the  action  of  the  House  therein. 

17.  If  the  question  under  debate  is  susceptible  of  division,  t!jc  same  .shall 
be  divided  at  the  request  of  any  Member,  and  a  vote  taken  separately, 
except  that  a  motion  to  strike  out  and  insert  shall  be  indivisible. 

18.  All  questions  of  order  shall  be  decided  by  the  Chair,  v.'ithout  de- 
bate; but  any  Member  inay  appeal  from  such  decision  ;  and  on  such  a])- 
peal  no  member  §hall  speak  niore  than  once,  without  express  leave- of  tljp^ 
HbuSe.  '        *       .        .  ■  jt     ' 

19.  All  amendments  shall  be  considered  in  the  order  in  wliich  they  are 
moved.  When  a  proposed  amendmeul  is  undt?r  consideration,  a  m.otion 
t,o  amend  the  same  may  be  m^de  ;  no'  after  amendment  to  .such  second 
amendment  shall  be  in  order.  But  when  an  amendment  to  an  amend- 
ment is  under  consideration,  a  substitute  for  the  Avhole  matter  may  be  re- 
ceived. No  proposition,  on  a  subject  diflereat  from  the.one  under  con- 
sideration, shall  be  received  vnder  color  of  a' substitute.  •  *■ 


im±]  .VPPENDK  A.— RULES  OF  ORDim.  *      101. 

•  30.  Infill  qucsWoiis  decided  niimerically,  the  motion  to  roconhidoi-mnst 
he  made  by  cine  Pep^ty  wild  voted  iu  tlic  majority  :  or  in  case  of  equal 
(livision,  by  one  wHo  vote\l  in  the  negatrte ;  si"tl  in  the  case  o/  a  vcrte  by 
Orders,  where  there  is  a  concurreuce  of  botli  Order?,/  motion  to  recon- 
sider shall  bo  madei)y  a  majority  of  a  Dcputatic^n  from  any  Diace.sc  d" 
eitlier  Order  toting  in  the  majority-;  and  in  the  case  of  a  non-concnr- 
latcc  of  Orders,  tho^notion  to'  reconsider  siiall.come  from  a  majoi'ity  of 
:i  D.epi«tation  fronf  a  Diocese  of  that  Oi;der  wliicji  gave,  the  majority  in 
"nejativfe:  and  in  eitlicr  case  a  motion  to  reconsider  shall  bo  seconded 


by  a  nifijoritt  oi  any  Deputation  of  cither  Order,-without  regard  to  its 
pr^vio\is  vote.-*  And  all  motions  to  reconsider  shall  bfe  made  and  second- 
ed on  the  day  the  vote  is  tajojn   or  the  nfixt  succeeding  day.     ,  • 

'      21.  'None  of  thes»  rules  shalf  be  altered,  amended,  suspended  or   re- 
nealed  without  tk  vote  of  two^thirds  of  thtf  H-owe'. 

•  '  ■  .  *  «       • 

•  1  .  * 


(It 


REPOin*OF.TITE  I^irfe^IONARY  BISHOP  OF  THE  SOUTH-WEST 


To  the  ^ouso  cKf  Bishops —       '  ,, 

Rt.  Re\^  Brethr^i  ?      , 

^  l)uri^  the  throe  years  wfiiclf  have  elapsed  since. my  consecration, 
cminges  have  occurr<;d  ill  out-  civil  affairs  which  -uoudor  it  impossible  to 
l)resent  aify  accurate  account^  of  the  condition  and  prospects  ^of  the 
Church  within  this  Missionary  l5isttict.      *  _     ^ 

At  an  early  4)eriod.  an  effort  Vas  niade  to  establish  a;  Mission  at  Santa 
Fe  in  New  ]^[exico.  The  clergyman  "who  accepted  this  ti'ust,  profceedod 
a  part  of  the  way  across  tl)p  jdains,  but  finding  unexpected  difficulties 
growing  out  of  Indian  hostilities,  turn(3d  back,  and  declined  the  mission, 
i^ubseqnenfly,  I  made  arrangements  "fof  a  visit  to  Xcw  Mouxico  and  .Ari- 
zona, but  atstlje  appointed  time  was  hind^re!!!  by  tlicbreaking-otit  of  war. 
I  have,  on  s'everal  occasions,  travelled  through  tlie  Cherokee  and  Clioc 
taw  nations," |)reacliiu;r'  as  opportunity  oti'ered,  antf  seeking  to  acquaint 
myself  with  the  pecVltarities  of  that  field.  I  w\s  kindly  received  every 
wliero  among  these  people,  and  s?ome  dosiro  Vas  expressed  to  have  the 
Cliurck  establishcTl  among  them.  The  iiusettled  condition  of  tlie  country 
has  rendered^ny  specific  eflbrl!  impd^sible.  *  ,    •  *  » 

^Tlio  State  of  Ai^ansas  seemed  to  ai|ord  a\ory  p»oiuising  field  for  Mis- 
slojKiry  enterprise.     Some  new  parishes  have  been  established,  and  some 
addition^;  made  to  th^Clergy  list.     After'various  lossas  couseipiclit  ^])()ii 
tiia  troubles  of  the  times,  the  Cliurch  lias  felt   strong  efiougb  lo  orgaiii;:e 
•    ;i  Diocese,  and  f^  attempt  a  sej^arate  e;s?stcnce.*   It  inust  still  reh',  to  a 
^vi^-y  large  extent,  upon  the  help  of«br«t1ypn  i^p  the  older  States. 
•       The  miyiber  (fT  communicants  in  ArViin^ns  is  estimated  at  400. 
Mv  f)wn  oiliciaracts  are  as  follows  :  « 

ftapiisms  tWliit(»,  JVdi^ts,  IT) ;  Infants,  08) i^:'. 

"      '(Coloretl,  Adults,  ir, ;  Infants,  i7), r>(i 

( ♦, .  11 1 i r»n c >  1 ! t   ■■;•: • A . . ;5 1 

Funerals f , *..... *••.,. •'"' 

,  Marriage  ..'..... .*. .  ^ •  •  ! 


192  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.  -  [1862. 

I  have  appointed  2  Lay  Readers. 

T\vt>.  candidates  for  Deacon's  orders  have  been  received,  ot'  whom  one 
lias  been  reinoVed  by  death.    '' 
T  have  ordained  oni^  Priest,  the  Rev.  R.  W.  Trimble. 

Respectfully  submitted,  '        v 

HENRY  C.  LAY, 
Mmiojiciri/ BlsJioji  of  the  Soiit7t-ice,st. 
House  of  Bishops, 
,  Nov,  21st,  1SG2. 


t 


.    inOCESAISr  REPORTS.      ' 
•    A^IRGINIA.     • 

The  report  from  this  Diocese  must  bo  necessurily  defec- 
tive. A  large  portion  of  IhQ  territory  has  been  for  eight- 
een months  occupied  by  the  arriiios  of  the  United  States  ; 
congregations  are  scattered,  and  all  tlie  nsual  means  of  gain- 
ing information  cut  off.  Many  of  the  Churches,  and  all 
the  Seminary  buildings,  with  those  of  the  Ij^igh  School, 
are  ii'secl  by  Federal  forces  as'barracks  or  hospitals.  IsTever 
was  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Diocese  in  so  pros- 
perous a  condition  as  at  the  time  when-  its  exercises  were 
interrupted  by  the  invasion  of  the  enemy. 

As  a  substitute  for  any  attempt  to  give  a  report  of  tlie 
j^ast  three  years,  it  has  seemed  best  to  present  a  statement 
condensed  from  the  Tabular  Digest,  contJtined  in  the  Jour- 
nal of  the  General  Convention  of  1859,  together  with  such 
items  as  are  furnished  by  the  Diocesan  Journal  of  May, 
18G2.         .  ■  '        .  ,       ■ 

,  •  •       T.AJBTJ1L,J^-JR    IDIC3-ES7?,  .  1859. 

Number  of  Clergymen  cauonically  resident. 115 

"  Church  buildings. i 174 

"  Parsonages.". ..'.  1 ..... ! 5*0    '• 

"  Parishes  in  union . ". 150  . 

"    '         Communicants ; ;.  .^  .  . . 7487. 

"  Sunday  Schools. '. .^...     78 

.''  Teachers  and  scholarsi 5,C4J>9 

Dioceeau  Educational  Institutions,  viz  :  Theological  Seminary  and 
High  School,  near  Alexandria ;  Female  In1;titute,  Staunton.  Value  of 
endowments,  lands  and  buildings,  $175,000,  '  } 

'       •      •  *  • 


1SG2.]  APPEitDIX  D.— DIOCESAN  reports'  1!i; 

1359,  ■  '   ■ 

-  E[)isc()i)al  Fund,  oajfitul <...:?  20  20'y 

Diocesan  Fund,  Incoind  for  throe  years: ,: 4  3<(;7 

,    Diocesan  Missions    •    , "      ^         ''  . lOfiOf! 

(xeneral  Domestic  Missions    '        '.' i)  oQT 

*  lEducational  Fund^ — Tlictflftgicul  Seminary  capital. :   ^ino'oOO 

A^od  and  Inlirm  Glci-py  fund — income  for  fliroo  yeai-s 5  887 

Widows  and  Orphan;*  of  Clergy  fund '...".  ....  -  SlVvT 

Miscellaneous — Chisolni  fund '. 2*431 

Total^  capitals . . .. ; .^ .    ] r,o',302  * 

»  Total  Income  forthrco  years 1  <)2,221  • 

T-A.I3XJL.A.PI  "VIE^V^T-    18GS. 

NuiuIku- (it  (.  lergytneii .^ A , •..      11.5 

,I)iocosau  Missions — one  year ' ^^lf)08  fil 

.Diocesan  fund  " :MICi  05 

Confirmations  '■         ♦•■? • I6-1' 

prdinations-^Deacons 2»      » 

"  Pi^ests .-     ..      ■    9' 


..  'NORTH  PAIIOLIXA.   - 

Right- Kgv.  .Thoilias  Atkinson,  1).  J).,  L'.L.  1).,  Bishop. 

.  ♦TliG  followinp:  statement  exhij,)i{s  the  eondition  (^l",tlii^4 
Diocese  as  reported  to  its  Convention  in  1S&2.  While  *in 
son^c  nfiost  important i^cspects  it  shows  a  vigxyi-^us  growtli, 
a'talling  oti:'  in  others  may  well  he  ascribedto  the  froulded 
state  of  the  times.  ■  •  • 

The  present  nnmber  of  the  clergy-  is  53,  a  larger  number 
than  in  any  previons  year.  Eour  have  been  ordained  (Ju- 
ring  tlie  past  year,  viz:  2  ])eacons  and  2  Priests^  Tliere 
are  12  candidates  for  Holy  Orders.  .Three  ehnrclies  Jiave 
been  consecrated.  There  are  G7  Rarislies.  In  this  y^ar 
there  have  been  432  baptisms,  122  persons  conlirmed,  3S 
marriages,  and  1G4  burials.  Tliere  are  reported  1973  com- 
municants, and  838 '  catechumens.  «  ,  • 

The  permanent  Episcopal  Fund  amounts  to * $14,300  00 

The  Diocesan  Fnnd^annual  incfomc  is. ....,  J .'....§  2,880  -18    . 

For  Diocesan  Missions         "  »"       • 2,759  41    ' 

For  General  1  domestic  Missions     '•       .  ^T 55*  l)^'  ,. 

F(jr         "       Foreign'       "  '"       , .'. :5(t(;  17 

Fund«fc«'  Clergymen's  widows        "      ...•..»...,, 772. 9iit 

For  misceH*ineous«and  spccial'purposeti •, ,  2,701  5;; 


13 


!^0,e|5  40 


II. «^. <* 


194  JOURJTAL  of  the  GE^NERAL  COtfNClL.  fl8G2. 

SOUffl  CAROLINA..' 

Heport  of  The  Protestant  Episoopal  Church  in  the  Dio- 
oes€  of  Soitth  Qarolina,  for  the  period  from  19th  June; 
18G1,  to  12th  February,  1862,  made  to  the  First  General 
Council  of  said  Church  in  the. Confederate  States. 

Itt.  Rev.  Thos.  F.  Davis,  D.  D.,  Bishop. 

ST-AuTISTIOS    OF    THE    IDIOCESE, 

iiisliop. f ' , 1    • 

Ti-ertbyters 07. 

1  )eacon4; '. .:....... ,, 0 

Total  Cler'?y ■ ' ^  . «  ^. 74 

-  .      .  •    ■.      ^ 

'  Candidates  for  Holy  Oi'ders 

Oliurches  Consecrated 

Ordinations    (Deacons) 2 

Communicants ' , ; 4S4G 

Coutirinations ; 210 

Baptisms  .  j 071 

Murrihges  ...".., • -' 67 

Burials  ....*. •. 262 

Children  catecliized 1 1370 

Sunday  School  Teaehers .-. 178 

Do  Scholars ' .•.2317 

Amount  of  Church  Oflerings  fo^-  Missions,  &c 90B1  • 

The  I)ioc,csan  Institutions  and  Societies  are  a§  follows : 

The  Theological  Seminary  at  Camden.         ^ 

Tlie  Society  for  .the  Advancement  of  Christianity  in  South  Carolina.   . 

.Tlie  Society  for  the  Relief  of  the  Widows  and  Orphans  of  the  Clergy. 

Tlie  Fund  for  the  Relief  "of  the  Aged  and  Infii'm  Clergy. 

The  Church  ]5uilding  Society  for  assisting  feeble  Congregations  in  the 
erection  of  Cliurches.  •  ^  »  S 

Tlie  Toadies'  -Domestic  Missionary  Society  for  the  sujiport  of  Free 
Chapels  in  tlie  City  of  Charleston. 

Tlie  Female  Bible,  Prayer  Book,  and  Tract  Society. 

Tiie  Church  Home  for  the  support  of  Aged-Females  and  Orphan  Girls. 

Tlie  Fund  for  the  support  of  the  Episcopate.  _        ,  „  *        • 

These,  in  their  respective  spheres,  are  aiding  largely,  in  extendiiig  the 
infin^nce  f)f  the  Ciiurch  throughout  the  Diocese.  ■ 

The  statistics  as  compared  with  former  years,  are  iieces- 
sarily  vcr}'  imperfect,  owing  to  .the  fact  that  several  of  the 
Piirislies  have  been  broken  up  by  invading  armies,  who 
haA'e  despoiled  tlte  Church  buitdiugs,  scattered  the  congre- 
gations, and  carried  off  large  numbers  of  the' slaves  wjio 
were  in  communion  with  the  Church  ;  and  for  the  'same 
reason*  the  Offerings 'of  the  Church  have  been  iiiuch  cur- 
tailed.   .     .-  '  *    . 

i 


18G2.]  ■  APPENDIX  D.—jnOCE>t AN"  JIEPORTS.  i<(5 

*    *  GFORGIA.  '*'••  •      .. 

ST-A.1*ISTICa»OI^  TKC:^  IDIOCESE,*lS6S. 

Hishop  - 1 

Presbyters i M.^ "...27 

Deacons ,, T A 

Total  Clergy. . .-.' : S:'. 

^Candidates  tor  Orders . '. 1 

• ,         •  "  •       . 

^      *\  t      •  ISGO.,  ISOl.  ,1802. 

(^onirannicants  added.. >.,*|^.  .J^^^•.  2*^   lJ*%<ill  /•  'iss 

••        Lo^t  by  Death... .7... T.^     ^     3i  24 

"  V    Removed i.*      '  120  100  • ' 

Total   less -   151  124  iA^ 

"        Present  number _. .        20SS  .20S;i  2."0» 

Coiillrmations '  .  100     *    ^_157  .205 

[baptisms— Total  .....<.:> SOl^ M^m^'  i*^   ***-■"*  ^' 

Marria-cs *^^    •      102     •^^  90        '• 

Jiurials 146  ■  ir,4/         .22:^, 

Commuuion  alms •;2,454  ^7.      2,252  S5      2,35{»  41» ' 

•         ,^  MISSIONS.  .,  , 

Diocesan 1  ,U1  05 

Domestic ».  ;   , l,fir.3  Ul 

Forei-jn °. . . .  ,1,858  72 

Other  Church  and  bene volefit  objects. .  .2,410  f.O 

,«   ,  "ALABAMA.  "       " 

The  fol-lowinp;  is  as  accurate  a  statement  oj'  the.  statistigt? 
of  the  Church  in  Alabama  for  the 'last  tliree  ycar.s  as]  liavo 
been  able  to  make  out  from  tlie  documents  acceasiblc  lo 
lue: 

ISOO.  18G1.  ,    ISlVJ. 

I'aptisins — Adults' .  . .  1 1 S  ^  08 )  75  J 

"         ,Iufhnts..  ..49Gy  GO!)  580)  OJs         .1^2)407, 

Confirmations 2:15    ,  5(J  .  2s5' 

Deacons  Ordained r.  :t 

•Pciests  "  ji 2  .  .     :'. 

C'hurclies  cons^jcrated . . . » .  ,  .    ''•  •  '     1   • 

Communicants..*....!' 17G1  Kis:*,     .  Jt;s5 

Marria^ijes . . ; .■».....  112  *«    *        J41 

Funerals....' .^  ;110  '   .       |2lO 

Sunday  SchoolTeachers .. .'  '•         13".  pT't 

Scholars': 972  1170 

OU'ernif^s $  1 00,264  7G  :if  1  s, 7a5  ( I'J  ^•2^n^ J  4tf 

The  amount  of  the  Episcopal  fund  abotit ;.  .$  2,800  Oo 

The  amount  bf  the  Fund  forliu!  relief  of  old  and  disabled  Clorr  * 

f^yn^en  and  the  Widows  and   Orphhn:^  of  deceased  Clcr- 
\gymen *. |lfi,901  57 


».142  G2 

.1,557  01 

*^.7  7;} . 

47(»  22 

1,507.71    • 

•      921  V,7 

l',550  5s 

8,4.sr,  47 

190  •         '    JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.  [1862. 

In  consequence  of  the  disturbed   condition  of  the   coun- 
tiy^  the  last  Convention   of  the  Diocese   was  attended  h}- 
but  a  smail  number  of  the    Clergymei^  and  some   of  the  * 
Parishes  made  no  Report.  '  It  is*  not  therefore  practicable  to 
give  ji  correct  statemeiit  of  the  statistics  for  the  year  1862.- 
The  num])er  of  Confirmations  for  1862  is  greater  than  that 
of  any  preceding  year,  and  the  uumber-of  Communicants 
has  i>robably  increasej:!  in  the  samQ  proportion.     The  war 
has  ailbcted  to  some  extent,  the  prosperity  of  the •Chufch,  '  , 
thougli  not  as  much  as  was  feared.     On  the  whole,  the  con- 
dition of  the  CliUrch  in  thi,^  Diocese  is    encouraging^     We. 
are  at  peace  among  ourselves.;  the  zeal  and  devotion  of  our 
people  seem  to  be  in/srca&ing  ;  and  it  is  hoped  that  under        • 
the  supervision  of  our  present  highly  acceptable  and  faith- 
ful Diocesan,  the  Church  will  rapidly  increase  in  numbers, 
in  influence  and.  in  piety.  -^  •* 

/*      .     •  MISSISSIPPI.  • 

»  .  » 

.The  Delegation  from  Mississippi  finds  itSclf  Unprepared 
to  make  a  full  Report  upon- the  state  of  the  Church  in  that 
Diocese,"  on  aceount  of  the  loss  of  necessary  documents.' 
From  the"  Bishop's  statement,  however,  and  his  own  recol- 
lection, the  followiiig  report  is  compiled  : 

Churches — about .....' .\'.  : 40 

Clergy : ;..'..     8-1- 

Cuminunicants , "...'..  ...1200 

Counrmations  during  past  year . . .  i .' Y60 

OrQinations.' >....;..- ;..'... .'.. ^      7 

Considering  the  troubled  state  of  tlie  times,  the  Cliurch . 
in  Mississippi  must  be  regarded  as  tlourishing. 

The  labors  of  the  Diocesan  have  not  been  seriously  Inter-   ■ 
iuptcd  by  the  war  ;  and  the  I'arish  of  A^icksbilrg  is  the  only 
one  in  which  the   services  of  the   Church  have  been    even 
temporarily  suspended  by  the  violence  of  the  enemy.  '  The 
Church  in  Holly  Springs  has  also  suli'ered  by  the  invasioy.  , 
of  the  Fcderlil  forces,  and  the  interests  of  the  entire  Church    • 
in  Korthcrn  Mississippi  liave,  in  general,  beeii  unfavorably 
allected. .   But  every\yhere  within  the  bounds  of 'the  Dio- 
cese, tlie  spirit  of  earnest  prayer  and  holy  confidence   has 
mingled  with  and  exalted  the   flame  of  patriotism,- which 
burns  in  every  heart  and  upon  every  altar.     The  Church  in 
Mississippi  has  every  encouragement  to   trust,  for  the   fu- 
ture, in  llim  who  has  hitherto  "covered  her   head  in  the 
day  of  battle."         '         '  '       • 


• 


lRr,2.1  APPENDIX  D.— DIOOES^N  REPORT;^.  "     lOT 


TEXAS.  •       • 

The  Cliiiroli  ill  tlic.  Diocoso'of  Tcxuf?,  induecd  by  tlio 
idcty  tint  an  adtfal  scparatiiTi;  of  certain  States  from  the- 
(JnitciT  States  Junl  taken  flace,-  a^d  tkat  a  new  Nation  was 
thus  establislicd,  a'dopted  a  principle  of  action  forherfutm-c 
';-u-idance,  wliicli,  catholic  in  its  Wurc,  waB  also  tlic  only 
one  l)y  wliich  she  could  be  ii:bverued  under  the  peculiar  cir 
cumstanee*:;  in  which  she  was  placed,  in  her  relations  i<>  fhc 
State  of  Tcxast  •     *  '  .    *     . 

Convinced  that  the  Churches  in  the  Dioceses  within  that 
new  'Isjition,  ^'ere  called  npoii — both  iii  conformity  to  . 
C;itholic  usage  ih  all  ages  of  the  Church,  and.iiT  harmony 
with  the  system  on  winch  the  Church  in  the  United  States 
herselfi.-v  organized — to  form„themselv(fs  into  an.  Indc[)cnd- 
cnt  National  Church;  and  believing  th^t  no  future  connec- 
tion,could  exist  between  the  States  (3f  tltjs  Confederacy 
a;nd  the  United  States:  And,  in  the  language"  of  hei'  own 
ad(T^-»tion  :  "That,  not  mcrdy  in  order  id  conform  witli  the 
'si)irit  and  action  of  the  Church  Catholic  from  the  Aiiostolic 
age  dawn  »to  the  yre.-icnt  time,  but  also,  that  the  Churcli 
might  be  enabled  to  mist  at  ail,  and  i'ullil  the  commission 
•coirferredon  her  by  Christ,  within  tiiese  Confederate  States, 
v^lje  mitst  sever  her  connection,  in  so.  far  as  Government 
aud  Disciiiline  are  involved,  with  the  l'i\)tefctant'Kpiscopal 
Church  in  the  United  States. 

The  Church  in  Texas,  proceeding  thus  to  elicct  the  orga- 
ui;-:atioii  of  a  permanent,  distinct  and  IM'ational  Church; 
declaring  that  she  scvA'cd  not  ihehond^  of  Unit}]  which  unite 
he»Jn"Thc  communion  of  Saints"- wfth  flie  Church  in 
ilic  United  Spates,  and  all  other  Churches  v>'ilh  Avhom 
•she  was  in  communioii  previous  to-  the>  changes  wliicli 
havg  Ted  to  one  Natioikal  existence."  Thija  inj^luced  and  to 
this  end  proceeding,  she  ^leclarcd  that  "TheClnirch  in 
Texas  has  ceased  to  l)e  a  Dioccle  of  the  I'rotestawt  K[>ifjco- 
pal  Church  in  the  Unifed  State:?."  Elected  delegates  to 
the  sev.eral  Conventions  which  ware  convened  as  [»relimi- 
nary:  J\.\n\  on  the  Gtli  day  <)f  June,  A.  1).,  i<S(5'2,  in  Dioce- 
san Convcnticjn,  duly  asseiubled,  agreed  to  and  adopted  that 
(/Onstitution  l)y  which,  was.  ^)rgani;jL'il,  "  The  I'rotestant 
[episcopal  ChiircR  in  the  Con  lie-derate  States  of  Americu."  • 

To  which  Churclun  iifst  (1st)  (jleneral  Cf#uncil  assembled, 
her  Deputy  .repoft^  me  ajipended  8t;itcment  other  condi* 
tion  :  •  .  • 


200      ,.       JOUIINAL  OF  THE  GENEExVL  COUI^GIL.  [1802. 


^   •  •  ^V.— BISHOP  J(3I1N.S. 

Know  all  men  by  those  i)rcscnts,  tliat  we,  Alexander  Vielfe  Griswrtkl, 
D.  D.,  liishop  of  flie  Protestant  Ei>iscopal  .Ghureli  in  the  Eastern  Diocese, 
Presiding  Bishop,  William  Meade,  D.  D.,  Bislioj)  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  in  the  State  of  Virginia,  Levi  Silliman  Ive.s,.D.  D.,  Bisliop 
of  the  Pi-otestant  Ei)iscopal  Cliurch  in  the  State  ot  aSTorth  Carolina,  and 
William  Kollinson  Whittingham,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Chyrch  in  the  State  of  Maryland,  under  ,the  protection  of  Al- 
mighty (lod.  In  the  Monumental  Church  of  the.  city  of  Eichruond,  on 
Thursday,  the  thirteenth  day  of  October,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  forty-two,  did  then  and  ^licrc  rightly  and 
canonically  consecrate  ortr  beloved  in  Christ,  John  Johns,  Pector  of 
Christ  Church,  Baltimore,  Maryland,  of  whose  s,ul]icicncy  in  good  learn- 
injT,  soundness  in  the  faith,  and  })urity  of  manners,  we  were  fully  ascer- 
tained, ii^to  the  office  of  Bishoj),  to  Avhich  he  hath  been  elected  by  the 
ConvenM'^n  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  Stafe  of  Vir- 
ginia, to  assist  the  Bishop  of  the  Church  in  the  said  State,  in  the  duties 
of  the  Episco])al  Otlice,  and  to  succeed  him  in  case  of  si;ryivorship. 

Given  in  the  city  of  Eichmond,  on  the.  thirteenth  day  of  October  m 
tlie  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  forty-two. 

*  Alexandkk  V.  Gkkwolu,   ,  [steal.]  _    . 

^  *  *  ■     William  Meade,.  '      ,  [seal.) 

^  ^         L.'  Silliman  Ives,  [seal.] 

■>  William  lioLLiNsoN  Whittingham,  [seal.] 


Jb- 


%  .  VL— BISHOP  GREEN.    * 

Kntiw  all  iiTen  by  these  presents,  that  we,  James  Her-vey  Otcy,  D.  D^ 
.Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  Tennessee, 
Leonidas  PolJCi'D.,  I).,  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Einscopal  Ghurch  in  the 
State  of  Louisiana,  Nicholas  Ilamner  Cobbs,  D.  1).,  Bishop  of  the  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  Alabama,  and  George  Washing- 
ton Freeman,  D.  D.,  Missionary  Bishop  in  the  States  of  Arkansas  and 
'Tex.'^s,.  under  the  protectio'n  of  Almighty  God,  in   St.    Andrew's  Church 

'  in  the  city  of  Jackson,  on  Sunday,  the  twenty-fourth  day  of  February, 
in  the  year  of  o\ir  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fiftyi  t^id  then 
and  there  rigJitly  and  canonically  consecrate  our  beloved  in  Chri.st,  Wil- 
liam Mercei"  (ireen,  1).  D.,  Presbyter  of  the  Diocese  of  North  Carolina, 
of  whose  sufficiency  in  good  learning,  soundness  in  the  faith,  and  purity  • 
of  majiuiji's  wo  were  fully  ascertained,  info  the  office  of  Bisjiop,  to  which 
heliath  been  elected  by  the  Cpnvcntion^of  tho.  Protestant  Ejnscopal 
Church  in  the  State  of  lyiississippi. 

..     Given  in  the  oity  of  Jackson,  this  twenty-fourth  day   of  February,  in 
the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty. 

James  IL'  Otey,      •      •  [sEAft.]  • 

Leonidas  Polk.  [seal.]  » 

NrciIOLAS    II.    COBl;S,  ♦  I  seal.  I 

■      GEOrX-E    W.    FliEEMAN,  [SEAL.] 


1805.1         APPENDIX  E.— LETTi:iiS  OF  CONSEOEATION.         201 

VII.— BISHOP  P.UTLlvDGE.  '      *  *       \ 

Kudu-  ull  men  by  tlicso. presents,  tluit  Ave,  Cltristoplicv  Edwards  (iads- 
dcti,  I).  I).,  Pisliop  of  the  Protestant  Eiiisoojial  Cluircli  in  tlio  State  ot 
SontIij,C.'iroIina,'Presidin^  Pic^liop  on  tliis  ocrtisinn,  iptcplien  Elliott,  Jr., 
»D.  !>.',.  Uislio]!  4)f  tlic  Protestant  Episcopal  Clinrcli  in  the  State  of  (leor- 
i;iA,  and  KieUolaa  llaniucr  Cohl)s,  I).  I).,  ]>i.s])op  ot"  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Churcli  in  the  State  of  AUibama,  uifd(!r,t]ie  protection  of  Almiglity 
God,  ih  St.  PauPs  Clitirch  iii..tlic  cjty  of  Angnsta,  St.atc.  of  Cieurpia,  on 
\V(xlnesday,  the  llfbcenth  i^lay  of  Oeloher,  in  the  year  of  our  T>ord,  one 
thousand  eiglit  hundred  and  fifty-one,  did  then  and  there  rightly  and 
ctnonioallr  consecrate  our  beloved  in  Christ,  Francis  linger  Putledgo, 
]).  I).,  Hector  ot  S£,  John's  Churcli,  Tallahassee,  F](jrida,  of  whose  Snlii-, 
ciei^cy  in  good  learning,  soundness  in  tilio  faith,  and  purity  of  manners, 
we  were  Inlly  ascqrtained,  into  tho»  OlHce  «of  Bisho]\  to  which  ho  hath 
been  elected  by  the  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
the  State  of  Flori(4(t.  •  •       «     •       •     '  ' 

Given  in  the  city  of. Augusta,  this  iTfteenth  day  of  October^,  in  the  ycaV 
of  our  Lor* one  thousand  cigKt  hundred  and^fifty-ouq. 

.C.  E.  CJaosdIjx,  Hisho]-*  of  the  Diofese  of  South  Carolina,     [seai,.1 
N.  II.  Conns,  liishoi)  of  the  Diocese  of  Alabama,  [SK41..]  , 

SwjriiEN  Ei4,io'rT,  Jr.,  Bishop  of  the  Dioccso  of  Georgia,      [seai,.] 

•      •    •  •    ,       VIII.— BisiipP  Dx\V;S.       ' 


f 


« 


Toftlltlie  faithful  in  Christ  Jesus  throughout  tbe  World,  greeting  : 

i5e  it/  it  known  uVto  you  by  those  prcseiii?,  that  wo,,  Thomrrs  Cliurcli 
iln^jvnell,  D.  D.,LL.  I).,  I^ishop  of  the  Dittf-ese  of  Councfticut,  George 
Trevor  Spencer,  D.  D.,  late  Bishop  of  Mndras,  John  Medley,  1).  D.,  liishoj) 
of  Frederickton,  John  Ilcnry  IIoi)kins,  D.J).,  Bisliop  of  the  Diocese  of 
Vorniont, 'and  Benjamin  BosAvortli  Smith,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese 
of  Kentucky,  in  St.  >lohn'a  Uhape],  in  th«city  of  New  York;  on  Mbnday, 
being  the  scventeenllr  day  of  October,  ir.  tb.e  year  of  our  Lord  one  then- 
sand  eif!;ht  hundred  and  iifty-thrce,  did  th^n  and  there  in  the]>rcfence  of 
aV.ongregatioti  of  Clergy  and  LaUy,  according  to  the  due  and  ])rescribcd 
order  trt' the  ProtestiOit  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United -States,  and  in 
conformity  witU  the  Canons  thereof,  consecrate  our  beloved  in  .Christ, 
Thom.as  Frederick  Davis,  D.  D.,  of  Avhose  sulTicieficy  in  good  learning, 
■soundness  rnthc  faith,- .'ind  jiurity  of  manners, '•avi.- wore  fuljy  ascQrtained, 
into  the  sacredO'4jce  of  a  BisliDp  in  the  Church  of  (Jod,  he  havfngJ'ccn 
duly  elected  Bishop  of  tlje  Protestant.  Bjuscopal  ^hufch'in'the  Diopesi- 
of  S/.)uth  Carolina.  '  '       '  .  ' 

In  testipioiN'  wJiereof  we  have  horeunPo  ?ct  f)ur  handsvind  seals,  in'tlie 

city  of  NtwYork,  on    the   tw<»nty-liftli  day    «f 'October,  one  thou^nind, 

eight  lltmdrod  and  fiffy-thfee.  ,      •  ,  , 

T.  C.  V>i:ow.\F.i,i,,  Bisho]) of  the  Dioccse  of  Connecticut,       [seal.] 

John  II.  IIctf'Ki>ls,  J>ishoy  of  the  Diocese  of* Vermont,  [.skai,.  j 

B.  p..  SAftTii,»Bishop  of  tlic  Diocese  of  Kcutncky,  ■      •    '      (skaiT.1 


i:f.-*-Bisii6r*ATK]NS0N.     ' . 

•  • 

KnoV  all  meft  by  Uiosc  i#osents,  that .wc,€'liyn]as  Churcli  P.Vov.ncll, 
D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Bishop  of  Connecticut, '(Jeorgf'Trcvor  Spencer,  D.  D.,  liite 
Bishop  of  Madras,  John  MedJey,  I).  D.,  Bishop  of  Fnflcfickton,  Cliarles 


*. 


202  JOURNAL  OF  THE.  GENERAL  COUNCIL.  »  [1862. 

P.  McIlvaiiK',  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  Ohio,.  George  Washington  Doane,  D.  D., 
LL.  D.,  Bishop  of  New  Jersey,  Samuel  Allen McCosl^-ry,  I).  D.,  D.  C._L., 
Bishop  of  Michigan,  and  James  Hervey  Otey,  D.  D.,  Bishoj)  of  Tennes- 
see, in  St.  John's  Chapel  in  the  city  of  New  York,  on  ^londay,  beiDg  the 
seventeenth  day  of  October,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight" 
linndred  and  iifty-three,  did.then  and  tlierc  rightly  and  caiionicully  con- 
secrate our  beloved  in  Chvist,  the  Rev.  Thomas' Atliinsoii,  D.  I).,  oj"  whose 
sufliciency  in  good  learniug,  soundness  in  the  faith,  and  purity  of  man- 
.ners,  we  were  fully  ascertained,  into  the  sacred  oflice  of  a  Bishop  in  the 
Church  of  God,  he  having  been  duly  elected  Bishop  of  the  rrolestanf 
Episcopal  Church  in  the  Diocese  of  North  Carolina. 

In  testimony  whereof  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands  and  seals,  in  the 
city  of  New  York,  on  the  twenty-si^tli  day  of  October,  eiglitccu  liumlred 
and  fifty -thfee.  ' 

T.  C.  Bkownkll,  [seal.]     j 

•  *     •       •    •      •       ^    C.  P.  McIlvaink;-  .  [seal.] 

George  W.  Do  AM  E,        ^     [seal.] 
»    ■  James  11.  Otey,  jseal.] 


X. -BISHOP  GREG(J. 

Know  all' men  by  these  pfesents,  that  Ave,  John  Henry  Hopkins,  B.  D., 
LL.D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in.the"  I)iocese  ofVer- 
moiit ;  lietijamin  Bosworth  Smith,  D.  ]).,  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  in  the  Diocese  of  Kentucky,  appointed  Consecratoi*;  James 
Hervey  Otey,  I)'.  D.,  LL,  D.j  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episct)pal  Church, 
in  the  Diocese  of  Tennessee-;  Leonidas  Polk,  1).  D.,  Bisliop  of  the  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church  in  the  Diocese  of  Louisiana ;  Stejihen  Elliott, 
'Jr.,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Diocese  of 
Georgia  ;  Will.iam  Mercer  Grc^cn,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 
])al  Church  in  the  Diocese  of\^Iississippi ;  Thomas  Fvederick  Davis,  D.  I);, 
Bishop  of  the  ProtcsUmt  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Diocese  of  South  Caro- 
ling ;  and  Thomas  Atkinson,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  Diocese  of  North  Carolina,  in  the  Monumental  Church, -in 
the  city  of  Richmond,  in  the  Diocese 'of  Virginin,  on  Tliursday,  being 
the  thirteenth  day  of  October,  A.  I).,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
lifty-nine,  did  then  and  there  rightly  and  canonicaljy  consecrate  our  beloved 
in  Christ,  the  Rev.  Alexander  Gregg,  of  wliQse  sufliciency  in  good  learn- 
ing, soundness' in  the  faith,  and  purity  of-  manners,  we  were  fully  ascer 
tained,  into  the  sacred  oflice  of  a  Bishoj)  in  tlie  Church  of  God,  he  hav- 
ing been  duly  elected  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Epi-copal-Churcli  in  the 
Diocese  of  Texas.  .      •    ' 

In  testimony  whereof,  we  have  hereunt*;  set  our  Jiands  and  seals,  in  the 
city  of  Richmond,  and. Diocese  of  Virginia,  on  the  thirteenth  day  -of  Oc- 
tober, one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  tifty-nine. 

John  H.  Hopkins,  Bishop  of  Vermont,  ■  [seai..]     , 

B.  B.  Smitu,  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcoiial  ChurcL  in 

Kentucky,  '  ~  [seal,  i 

,       James  H.  Otey,  Bishop  of  the  Dioce^  of  Tennessee,    .         [seal.] 
Leonidas  Polk,  Bishop  of  Louisiana,  .  [seal.] 

Stephen  Elliott,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese 'of  Georgia,'  [seal.] 

Wm,  M.  Green,  Bishop  of  Mississippi,        '  [seat  .J 

Thomas  F.  Davis,  Bishop  of  South  Carolina,  ■[seal,] 

Thomas  Atkinson,  Bishop  of  North  -Carolina,  [seal,] 


.* 


1863.]       AIT£NI)IX.E.-LETTEKS  OF  CONSECPwVTIOX.  203, 

XI.  — giSIlnl>    LAY.      „ 

Tlip  Kt.  Rev.  Henry  0,  Lay,  1>.  D.,  wns  I'diisciT.Tted  as  Missiuuary 
I'.isliop  of  tlio  Soiilh  west,  jii  St.  J':tiil"s  C'lhirel),  llieliiiioml,  Viri;inin,  on 
Snndny,  tlie  23rJ(l;iy  of  Oetohor,  IS.Mt.  Tlie  lit.  llvv.  •\Villi.'iiii  Meade,  D. 
T>..  [5i.«l)(ii)  (if  Vir^'iiiiii,  jircsided.  nnd  wa;?  assisted  in  (lie  imposition  of 
li.'inds,  by  .■innnilTcr  of  llie  otlier  Uisho)>s?  A  copy  of  llic  ollieial  re<?urd 
is  not  availalife  in  time  tor  lliis  .lonrnal.  '  « 

.   •         •        •     • 

•*'  .  \ *        "  *    •  #• 

.,  •        •     •XII.— lilSIT01VWILMEK**r      .^    • 

Kti'iw  alinion  by  these  presents,  tbut'we.  "Wjiliani  Mtado,  I).*i>..  Hisb«i< 
Ml'  tlia  I'rotestant  Episcojiul  CIiurc]i  in  tbo.  State  of  yir^'inia,  Stephen 
I'lliolt,  1).  I,).,  Risliop  ot"  tlic  IVotestant  Eitiseopal  Chnrch  in  the  State 
(»f  .(loorjiia,  and,  John  Jolm^,  D.  .1.).,  Assistant  IJishoit  of  (lie  J'rotcstant 
I-'piseo^al  .C'liui'tHi  in  tlio  State  of  Virii:in''ia,  uuder  the  jiro.tcetioi}  of  Al- 
miirlily  (Joil,  in  St.  Paul's  Cliureh  in  llie  city  of  liicliniond,  Virginia, 
on  Thursday,  the  sixth  day  of  Mtireh,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  tlion 
s;ni(l  ei.Ljht  hundred  and  sixty-two.  did.tlie#and  tlioro  riglitly  and  rauoni- 
eflljy  constoerate  our  bekived-  in-Christ,  Hichavd  looker  "Wilmer,  1).  I)., 
late  IJector  of  Eintnanuel  Church,  Henrico  Parish,  Virj^inia,  of  wh'ose  suih- 
cieney  in  ^obd  Icarninjr,  soundness  in  the  taith,  and  ])urity  ofmannQr.'', 
we  werej'ully  asccrtdncd,  to  thcolliccof  Bishop,  to  which,  ho  hatli  been 
elected  by  tJi(?  Convouticu  of  ,tho  •Prot<>staut  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
State  of  Alabuina.  ~ '  '  . 

'  (Tive-B  in  the  city  of  Ilichhiond,  the  siith  day  of  March,  in  the  year  of 
our  I-ord,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-two.  \ 

Ayn,i.i\M  Meadk,  Pishop'of  the  Diocrse^i^f  Virginia,  [.seai,;] 


SncniJiN  EiLiO'iT,  l>ishop  ol'the  Dio^cse  of  (Georgia, 
J.  ilonxs,  Assis^iinbBishop  ol  the  J\  E.  Church  in'tlic 


-EAL 


Dio- 


cescol' Virginia. 


•  •  •         •  ,  — •♦• 

-^"fipniiiir  If, 


•  • 


LIST  OF  THE  HOUSE  OF  BISI10rS»      . 

■{'lie  liight,  Pcv.  Stephen  Elliott,  D.D,,  of  the  Diocese  of  Geoi-gia,  Presid- 
ing Bi.slio]i.  *      .  ^  • 

The  Right  llev.  John  Julyirt,  1).D.,  of  the  Diocese  of  Virginia. 

The  Right  Rev.  Wjllijun    Mercer  Crcen,  D.r>.,  oT  tho.&i6cese  »of  ilissis- 
sippi.  ■ 

The  Right  Rev.  Thomfts  E.  Davis,  D.D..  of  the  Diocese  of  Soutlj,  Carolina. 

The  lliglit  Rev!  Thomas  Atkinson,  D.I^.,  E.L.D.,  of  thcDioocscof  Nortli 
Carolina.,       ^  *  •  "         ••         .  ,  • 

The  Ripht  Uev.  Alexander  Gregg,  .D.D.,  of  the  Diocese   of  Texas.* 

The  Right  Rev.  He^ry  C.  T.ay,  r>.D.,  Missioi\flry    Hishoivof  the   South- 
west. ♦  •     •  *•  *  * 

Th»  Right  liov.  Richard  II.  Wilmer,  D.D4  of  th'c  Diocc?c  of  Alab.imn, 
*  Absent. 


.  201-  JOUJINAL  OF  THE  GENERAI^  Ct)UIi!OIL.  ..  |18G2. 

*  *  IIOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.   *  '       » 

.*       /    *  OLElilCAL  DEPUTIES. 

,     Vlrfjiiilq  tiGv.  "W.  Sparrow,  D.I).    • 

•  •         '•    ^    liiiv.  Joslma  rebci-ki»,l).l\ 

••         •   *      ^     Jtcv.  Goo.  11^  Norton.   ^  '    • 

•iV^«<*j;.c;3!lnrt...Rcv.  F.iil.  itublHird,  D.i*.    •      "'  •. 

,*  ,    •       Rev,  Pt.*^.*I>Ia30u,  ]).!'.     •     - 

*  ■  -llcv.  J.  0.  Iluskc 

■  .  ALTEUNATEfl. 

,     •  •        •  Rev,  il.  B.  I^RlillO,V).r).  /     ■ 

*  ••     ■  •Kev.J.  B.  ClK-shire,  D.P,      *      " 
•  Rev.  Edwin  (li-'Cr.     .         ,        • 

♦      S.  CaroUati,.        tJevlli^liCistiuii  Ilaiiekd,  !>.!">.    «     • 

Rev.  Puul  Trajiicri  *  ^  •• 

,,         •  Rev.  C.  0.  riiiclvuey.  .      ' 

*  ^Georgia Rev.' W.  II.  Cl:u-kc 


Ittv.  Iknry  K.  Recti., 
Rev.  W,C.  V/ilUniin'. 


^I.TEKNATES.  ^  0 

R(y.  Will.  N.  Hawks.'  *   • 

,  »  Id^v.  SaiiiuolBeiiAlict.  •  ,  • 

•  Rev.  Cameron  V.  McRa"*  *  • 

•  *  ♦    •  '       * 

AlulMnin Rev.  F.  R.  Ilafif-oy. 

'    .  Rev.  Jiio.  M.  Miteiiil].        *         f  ■• 

•         •  P.cv.  l^mfy  K.  i;iercv.«         ,  • 

"^^  AUHUiV.WES.      •     .        * 

•  • 

Rev.  J.  M.-Bunitg^;!-., 
•         Rev.  J.  A.  M.'is.sey^ 

•  Rev.  ,f.  Jk  Nienolso!!.. 

I'lssmlppi  .  .  .Rev.  ^y.  V.  (^raiie,  * 

.     ,     ,  Rett  ^V.  VVftnrd,  [).!>.„ 

»  Rev.  T.  8.  Sav.'UTO. 

•  '■  . 

AfrrBI.'NJrtEhs. 


« 


•  Rev.  T.  J.  Pickett,  • 
Ret.  AV.  T.  Adajiis, 
]Wv.  V,cv.].  llalsti'd. 


•  t 


Tci'.as ^  Rev.  Benj.  "Eaton,'    ^  • 

*  Rev.  E.  A.  W-auner^ 
Rev.  W.T.  f).j:)alz^Ik 

Arleavr.'f, . . ,-,  .  .VCax.  -I.  T.  AVlicat,  D.P' 
■Rev.  W.- 0.  Stout, 
.    Rev..J;  M.  Oartks. 


• 


18G3.]:  .  APPENDIX  Cl.— UOUSE  OF  DEPUTIES.  205 


'LAY  :^EPUTIES!     . 

♦ 
l^rginia. .  ..,.PliHip  William.^, 
'  ■    •  •  ,    N".  II.  Massie,  ^  » 

J.  U  Iiact)ir,    ,     .  '•    •• 

•        .  •         •        A.J.  DeR'usfot,  -^        •* 

ill.  II.  Suiitli.-  .  • 

•     •  '•  ^ 


•  t 


*    AI-TKKXATES.   '  f        f 

R.  r'.'ilattlc, 


«^    •     m^    «  ^     'loi^  II.  r»<itcitoJor. 
«  • 

•        A'.'  Carolinfi li,  F.  W.  AUatoji,  -" 

L    •      -         •   CJ  K- s«s;       'jj  r .       %  -^  •, 


*  .,    ^f(V"f7?f».-«- ••  .n.  V.  Meigs, 

W,  W.  Montj:^onicry, 
I..  N.  Whittle.  '    . 

» 
*       JLlteunates.-^ 
*  .    •  • 

•       Benj.  CoijlcL 
•  U.  D.  Moorof     ' 


• 


*      •I'.JM.  Ni-v'l*Liiu?<ilv'  ■       •  *       ♦ 

A !hl-am.i  ..'.'.. AV\V. li^iorbo,"  • 

felUniK'l  ({;  JoUO;.,  , 

,  •  Jno.  D.  Phclan.        « 

M-TERNATE:).  ^ 


»  t 


U.  S.  Bwiikert 

A\jll.  G.  J(UK :  , 

H.  A.  Tavloo. 


••   Missbftqj,\/i  .  .  .  W.  C  Si  lied  es* 

♦          •       .  •Win.  MoA\yilie,«      * 

,  t.  R  B.  Pcgues.  * 

AI.TlfhxATES. 

•  -  • 

•^    •  ^  Iticli.'ird  Evansf  *  § 

•  •    A.il.  Clttyton, 


ft 


■  • 
|,  Martin  W.  Ewinf  '  '^      ^ 


9cH-i ...P.*  W.  Gray, 

E.  G.  ncnner.;, 
.  _  *      ^  A.  M^  Lewis. 

.\il\fn9P\-    .      Vldhn  Setiy.    • 
•y;  Shfvparg, 


206      JOURNAL  of'  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.      [-1862. 


OFFICERS  OF  TilE  GENERAL  COUNCIL. 


t  •     ^        •        Presiding  BisJioj),:  .  * 

■  Uight  Kcv.  STEPHEN  ELLIOTT,  D.D.,  Savannali. 


*  ^cretary  of  the  Jlouse  of  Ddpuiics 

Rev.  .10IIN  M.MITCTTELL,  MontGjoi^ery,  Ala.    •      - 

'Sccretarij  of  the  House  of  Bishops  ; .    '       • 
Kev.'AV.n.lIATilSOK  Augusta,  <ia      *    "*     * 


v.'  I 


*rr 


Treasurer  of4heSjreneral.  Council :   •  ..^       , 

■  ,♦   J.'K.  SASS^Esg.,  Ch^rlestoji,  S.  C.   -" 
•        •  *  .     •       •  * 

Trmsurer  of  ih{  DomcsUc  ^Ussmiaxy  Fiind :  •  .^ 
.'    •    f.  K.  SASS,  Esq.,  Charleston,  S.t). 


*  • 


Tr('asnrcr  of  the  Foreign  Missionary  Fa'itd  : 
•       ll^NRY  TRESCOTT,  Esq.,  Cliaflcston,  S.  C;.  ^ 

•  *  .  "     '  • 

*•  ^  *  Registrar  of  the  General  Council*;  ,  , 

,    Rev.  ay: -ILJiARISCm,  Augusta  Ga.  t      •*  . 

.  •      .  »  ,  ^ 

•  »         Missionary  Comniittce :    .  *" 

Rt.  Rev.  STEPKEX  ELLIOTT,  D,.:^.,  i3a^•Tlpnall,  Ga. 
Rt.  Rev.  THO.MAS  ATiaXSON,  D.D.^  Wilmuigton,]\'.  (J. 
Rt.  Rev.  RICHARD  II.  WILMER,  D.D.,, Greensboro'' Ala 


t 


18(52.]  APPENDIX. IC;— LIST  OF  TIIE  CLERGY. 


S^jjjjtttii^  1.;  ..•*•', 


•20^ 


COMMITTEES   TO  SIT  DURING  Rl^CESS  OK 

•  GENERAL  COUNCIL.  • 


'.    Committee  on  Revision  of  the  Booh  of  Vommon  Prayei. 

The  PJght  Rev,  Stephen  Elliott,.l).p. 

The  Ilight  Rev.  Win.  Mercer  Green,  D  D. 

The  Right  P.ov.  Uenry  C-  Lay,  DtD. 

The  Rev.  AV.  Sparrow,  D.!)!         ■  * 

Tlie  Rev.  R.  S.  Mason,  D.I).       ,  ^  ' 

The  Rev.  Paul  Trapier.       '  • '  '      *        r 

^fr.  Edward  McCradv, 

Mr;  John  D.  Phelan,'  . 

^{v.  W.  li.  BAttle.  ♦   •  • 


^penMx^  |l. 


LIST  OF  THE  CLERGY 


^k  |]rolcstaitt  O^pistffpl  Cjiurcj) 


CON Fi: DERATE  STvVTES  OF   AMERICA,, 

•  "*   .     .       •  NOVEMBER,  1852. 


»« t  # 


lUSlIOPS  OF  TIIE  OIIURCII  IN  THE  ORDER   OF. 
THEIR  CONSECRATION;       • 

♦  * 

lit.  liev.  Stephen  Elliott,  D.D.,  Georgfe. 

Rt.  Rev. -lohn  Johns,  D.D.,  Virginia.      •  .  ^ 

Rt.  Pwev.  William  Mercer  CJreen,  D.I).,*^i39issippi. 

Rtf.  Rev.  Thomas  F.  Davis,  D.D.,  Sontli  Carolina.     ,  •     f 

Rt.  \\x}\.  Thomas  Atkinson,  D.D.,  L.L.D.,  North  Carolina 

Rt.  R^v.  Alexander  Gregg,  D.D.,  Texas.  •  *      ^ 

Rt.  Rev.  Henry  C.  L.iy,  D.D.,  Arkansas. 

Rt.'Rev.  Riehard  H.  Wiliner,  D.D.,  Alabama. 


308  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  boUNCIL.  [1802. 

■   IHOCEaE  OF  VIEGIMA.  * 

lit  Ilcv.  John  JoliTis,  D.D.,  Bisliop  of  tlie  Diocese,  Iliclimoiul. 

Rev.  Charles  E.  Ainblor,  i^ion  Church,  Charlcstowa,  Jefferson  county. 

Rev.  Tlionias  H.  Ainblor,  Bruton, Parish.  ,  ; 

liev.  0.  W.  Andrews,  D.D.,  Trinity  Chnrcli,  Shcpherdstown. 

Rev.  T.  R.  Everitt,  Chapldin  C.  vS.  A. 

Rev.  Francis  AL  Baker,  Grace  Chu^th,  Riciimond. 

liet.  E,  J.  Baker,  Winchester.  .  *     •   *  *• 

Rev.  O.  Sievcrs  Bartcn,  Hamilton  Parish,' St.  James'. Church,  ^Yn^rentotl, 

Fauquier  county.  ■ 

liev.  P.  F.  Berkeley,  Raleigh  and  Gcnito  Parishes.  , 

Rev.  E.   Boydcn,  Grace  Church,  "Walker's  Parish,   Albcmark',  and  St. 

Johns'  C'hurch,  Grcjcu  Spriiifj:  Parfsh,  Louisa.     -  • 
Rcvt  Wm.  C.  Butler,  Charlotte,  N..C. 

Rev.  S.  M.  Byrd,  Bath  Parish,  Dinwiddie  county.  .     ,, 

Rev.  James  Carmichael,  Chaplain,  C."  S.  A.  '  » 

Rev.  G.   S.    Carraway«,   Iminanucl  and  St.   Paul's  Churches,  St.    Paul's 

*     Parish.  ,        . 

It-ov.  Rob't  A.  .Castleman,  ■St.   Andrew's  and  Trinity  Cliurclies,  St. .An 

drew's  Parish,  Brunswick  county.    ; 
Rev.  M.  L.  CJievors,  Chaplain  in  the  United  States  Army,  and -Rector 

of  Centurion  Church,' Old  Point  Comfort.  #  ^t 

Rev..  John  T.  Clarke,  Roanoke  Parish.  ,  •  ••     • 

Rev.\Tames  M.  Cofer,  Forest  D€i)ot,  Bedford  county.         » 
Rev.  John   Cole,    St.  Steplien's   mid   St.    Paul's  Churcligs,    St.   Marlf's 

Parish,  Culj)eperC  11,-  .... 

Rev.  Chauncy  Colton, .D.D.,   Christ  and  iTuni^ar's  Cluircjios'  ]ljLui<.5ar's 

Parish,  Eastville,  Northanaj)ton  county..    '      ,  ^0 

!vev.  J.  ■Cosby,  St.  James'  Parish,  Boydttm,  ]\[ecklei»biy*g  coifhty^'  • 
Rev.  G.  Sv.  Dame,  Camden  Parish,  Pittsylvania  *ounty,  Danvillo- 
Rey:  J.  B.  Dabney,  Moore  Parish,  Campbell  "county. 
Rov.  T.    Grayson    Dashiell,     As.sfstant  'Minister    St.    Jii^es"    Churcli, 

Richmond.     '  .  ■       •     *     » 

Rev.  Dabney  C.  T,  Davis,  Albermarle  county,  Charlottesville. 
Rev.   Richard    T.     Davis,-  St.   Thomas'  -Church,.  St.  «niomfts'    Purisli, 

Orange  C.  H.  " 
Rov.  James  Douphen,  Lynchbm-g.       •  •  . 

Rev.  Tho.s.  Duncan,  Leeds'  Parish,   Fauipii^r  county,  Markham  Statiou 
lU'v.  Andrew    Fisher,   Farnham    Church,'  North   Farnhnm   Pari.sii','  and' 

Lunenburg  Parish,  Richmond  county,  Dijrrett,svaUe.      ,    "  « 

Rev.  Wm.   Friend,  St.  Peter^s,   Gr^ce  and  Trinity  Churclies,^€aroli^e 

county,  Port  Royal."  ,  ,         '      ' 

Rev.  M.   n.  Gfililsha,  Christ  ;ind  ^Grace   Clijirch^s,   Mo^ierrin' Parish,'' 

Poplar  Mount.  •  •    .  •       ». 

Rev.  R.  Gatewood,  Richmond.       *  ^  •  .  *  / 

Rev.  O.  J.  Gibson,  Grace  Church,  Pcfersbnrg. 

Rev.  James  Grammer,'  Tillotson  Parish,  Buckingham  county,  Curdsville. 
Rev.^..D.  Goodwin,  St.  John's  Chtirch,  Wythe  Parish,  ^Vythevillo. 
Rev.  John  Grammer,  D.  D.,  Halifax  C.  IL  .       » 

Rev.  AV.  W.  Greene,  St.  Margaret's,  Spotsylvafciaw  •  '     ^  . 

Rev.  John  Grillin,  Chaplain  C.  S.  A.'  ' 

Rev.  John  S.  Ilansborough,  Merchant's  Uope  Church,  Martin's  Brandon 

Parish,  Prince»George  county,  Garysville  • 


•  •    •      I  •      • 

1862.]         *  APPE^TDIX  K.— fJST  OF  CrEIICY.  •  200 

Ilev.  J.  }l.  Hubard,  Norfolk. 

Itav.  JohnlT.  Hill,  1).!).,  Missionary.  Allien^,  (Ireere. 
Rev.  ^\.  L.  Hylaiul,  1'aik.ersburg.  ^  .* 

Ufev.  Wm..!'.  M.  Jacobs,  Alexaudri*.*        "•#••#'. 
licv.  Jauies  T.  Johustoii,  Alexandria.  ,        .    '      •    *  * 

Rev.  Jos.  K.  Jones,  Frederick  I'aiish,  Alillirood^  Clarke  countr.  • 
-   Rev.  H.  S.  Keppler,  8t.  Jainos  and  St.  /*eter''s,  >,'ew  Kent"   Ki^hnionJ. 
'\  Ilev.  Win.  II.  Kiuckle,  8t.  Paul's  C'liUrch, "Lynchburg. 


'  ville.  '        <  ,  • 

•  IleY.  E.  11,  Liiii)itt,  Priuci|)ar6r*a  School  for  boys,  uear'Alextiiidriii.* 

•  Kbt.  Thos.  E  Locke,  St.  Petci-*s  Oliinch,  Washiugtou  PaV'sh,  '\\''esiiii#ie- ' 
.•     •         land  county.  Oak  Grove. 

•  Rev.,  Oharles   Maun,    Abingdon    :i;id    \Vnt\-   Pa^i•4u^s,    Glouce'^ter  Court 

ifouse.  *      •      *  • 

Rer.  Geo.  L.' Maokeuheinier,    l,aiiili"s  Creek/'hurclf,  Brunswick  i^'aftsh, 
King  George  county.  ». 

•  Rev.  Geo.  E.  Mortin'ier,  Northain  Parish,  (ioorhlytid«c.<iuiitv* 

Rev.  J.  C.  MeC:abe,  D.D.,  Chaplain  O.  S.  1.  "        §       * 

Rer.  I.  McGill,  Chaplain  C.  8.  A..     .  , 

Rev.  Wni..  McGnire,  Botetourt  P^ri^h.  Boielourt  colintv,  Pattouibins.'. 
Rer.  T.  F.  Martin,  Chri^sl  and  'LVinity  (.'hurches   X&l^un  Part*b,»Nfcl6ua 

oorinty,  Ty.e  Riyer  "Warehou^^e.  •  ,    # 

Rev.  Richard  R.  Ma-^on,   St.  -lolm's  Chiuvh,   Rivuuna  Parish    FJiiv-aana 

county,  Columbia.  .  *  •   V 

Rev.  F.  H.  McGuire,  Poydton,  Mecklenburg  countv*  •     • 

Rev.  R.  X.  Meade,  Clirist  Chiircii,  Cliarldtltv^rille  '  •   ♦    * 
Her.  W..  C.  Meredith.  /  ' 

.    Rev.  J.  P.  McGiure,  Richmond.  •  •  ^  .  ^ 

Rev.  Charles  Minnigerodo,  ]).[).,  SI.  P.Hul'.,  Clmi'ili,    l;irhmoHd.» 
Rev.  Edmund    C.    Murdaugh,     Hrandon     and    Cabin    Point   <i:huru)jes, 

Martin's    I5randon  anjl  Soufhwaik,  P.nrishcs,  Caliin. Point.  Snrrr- 

county.  '.  '       .  ". 

Rev.  E.  B.  McGuire,    Vauter's, Church.    St.  Ann's   l'fn•i■^h,  Essux  iounl\ ,  . 

Loretto.  .        • 

R«v.  Wni.  Meade  Xelsou,  Assistant  Mini.ster  of  Clirist  CliVireh,Cliarlotte.S' 

viile,  and  Rector  of'Sf.  Paul's  Chnrrli;  Buck  Mountarn. 
Rev.  (reo.  n.  Norton,  Chaplain  C.  S.. A. 
.  Rev.  ]S;  A.  Okeson,  St.  Paul's  Church",' Norfolk.        '  "    *  •  ** 

.  Rev.  Jos.  Packard,  D.D.,  I^rofessor  of  P.ir.lienl   I.iteraturef  Theological 

Seminary.  t   I     #      *  ♦ 

Rev.   Wm.  II.  Pendleton,  St.  Stet»hen's   nuA  Tv\nii^\<rnnirches,  Bedford 

county,   Forest  Depot.  '  , 

Rev.  ^ym.  N.  Pendlfeton,  1).])..  GrVc  Churdi,  Latimer  Barl-li.  Leiiuj^tun. 
Rev.  E.  T.  Perkins,  Hospital  Missiomuy.  Richmond. 
Rev.  Joshua  Peterkin,  St.  James's  Church,  Riclnuond. 
Rev.   R.  1[.  Phillips,  PrincMpaV  of  the   Virginia   Feniwle   iji'^iliutc,'   and 

Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,'  Staunton 
Rev.  Wm.  H.  Piatt,  St.  Paul's  Church,  Potersburg. 
Rev.  John  D.  Powell,  St.  James's  Church,  Souliuim  rari.Ji,  Pou  Imtan 

county,  Jeft'erson.  ■  *  •      ' 

Rev.  A.  Mi. Randolph.  St.  George's  Chnndi.  Fredericksburg. 

14 


L'lO  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENErtAL  COUl^CIt.  IISG::, 

ucv.  S.  Rulout,  Clirist  Chiirclt,  St.  Ann's  T'ari-^li.  Allieinnrle  ecMiiUy. 
Rev.  r.tr.  Robert,  Chaplain  C.  S.  A.     v    '  '       .   '  ' 

Rev'.  Erskiiip^r.  Rodiuan,  Christ  Church,  Xorfolk. 

Rev.  'I.  Kaul. .      .,".'.•  '       •        s 

Rev.  H.  Roy^Scott,  !^t.  raur.s  I*arish,  ICiug  Geor««  coftuty.  * 

Rev,  Philip  Slaughter,  Mitchell's  Station,  Cnlpeper  oonntr. '   *    " 

Rov.  Geo.  uV.  Smith,  Alexandria. 

[{ev.  Thompson  L.  Smith,  Cl^apluiii  C.  S.  A. 

\\^\.  Thomas   II.   Smyth.  St.   Paul's  Chnrfli.   St.-.  ['anl's  ]'an>h,   T.cwfe 

county,  AVeston.         "  '  '  • 

Itr'v.  William'  S]iarro\v, -D.D.,  Pj}Qfe?sor  of  ^*y.sttmal:ic  Divinity,  Tljeologi-» 

.cal  Seminary,-  Staunt^ij,  '        .  .  ,    •  * 

llfv.    i).   Francis   Spngg,  ' Grace   Church,  .-Alexandria,    .nml' Editor   (ff 

Southern 4C'lim-chman,  IMchmoud.  ,  / 

Rev.  11.  StriApfclIow,  St.  Martin's  Parish,  Hanover  county,  ^'erdon.  ■' 
Ri3v.  Head9rsi)u  Siiter,  Grace  Chtivch,  ]>erryvillo,  Clarke  county!  *  *#  J 
llt'v.-  il.    W.    I..    'I'emple.   St.  Piiur.s  and  St.   Johns  Churches,    Son^ 

!'\iruham  Papisli,  ]".ss«x  coimtr.  Miller' =;  Tarprif.        '     .'  •  . 
•Uev.  P.  Tinsrey,  Chaplain  C.  S.  A.    '       ♦         '  ,        . 

Ilov.*  .\.  I>.  Tizzard,  Dale -Parish,  Chesterfield  and  King  William  Parish,' 

i'o.H'hatan.  Wintcrpock.-Ciiesterlield  county.'       .  •     . 

]'n.-v.  .i.din  Towlo\  Dfttiniien  and  Loed'sParislies,  Prlnte  William  county, 

llrentsvilU:.  ,    ,  '        ■ 

Itv.-v.  .Vndorsou  "Wade,  SIhpsico  and  Westover'Chucches^  Wcstovcr  Parish, 

Charloi''Ci\;y  county,  Charles'Oity  C.  H.       .  ^  '   *  •  ^ 

Riv.'  l.eVis   "W«l'ke.  St.  Ruke's  i'hiircii,  I^ov\-hat5in 'ParisI^,    P6t\hatau 

county,  Sublett's  Tavern.  '  *  .^     '   *    .    .  .    * 

ti«v.  ('(wnelius  Wallcei-.  D.D.,  Emmj(iuel  Cliurch,  Hennico  coupt^'.  _    • 
■^ev.  William  II.  Ward, '"Westmoreland  county..  ' 
Itev.  .'oiiu  A-  Wh/trton.  St.  .lolqj's  ChurcluIIeber  Parish,  Bedford  count  v. 

Liberty!   • .  •  '•  % 

lU'V.  D.  M.  WhartoTi^  W^stinei;ifland  C.  ]k  ,     *  * 

!:«-'v.  l*Nniau    Wharton,    lioauoke    Church.  •Cnrinvall-  Parish,   Charlottt? 

c<>unty,  I)rak'eV  Jii-anch  Depot. 
Kev.  -1.  C.  Wheat,   Vice-J'rincipal   ot'  the  A'irginia  Female  Institute,  and^ 

Rector  ol"  RnckinghaHi  Parish,  Stauutou. 
U«3\.  Walter  W.  "SVilli.-ms  ,S.  .lames's  Church.  Leesburg.*  '* 

rtov.  George  T.  WiUiaiii.-^,  Ghaplaiii  ^'.  f^  A.       '  ^  .  *  "" 
Itev.  (IcorrroT".  Wilmer-JTiumannel  Oliurch.  Bani.ster  Parish.  Piltsvlvania 

C.  11.  ,    . 

I!ev.  Johrt  H.  V.  ingfield.  Trinity  Church,  Port^outh  Parish,  Portsmoulh. 
n^v.  .John.    II.    Wingfield,    .Jr.,  # Assistant   Minister   of  TrinitJ-   Chnrcli, 

»     PortsTuoutii.  0     .*  1  ■      *  .•  • 

Kev.  Kduinnd  Withers,  Hospital  Missiouary,-Richmond,  Va. 
Wiw  Got>:-i;c  W.)odltid;re,'D.D.,  ^[onamental  Church.  Richmond. 

DTOOESE  OV  XOiiTII  GATIOLIXA.. 

Rii^ht  Ptcv.  Thmua*  Atkinson.  D.D.,  pishop  of  the  Dioces^  Wilmington. 

Kcvi  Vi.  W.  liarber.  Missionary  in   WHkes  and  Ashe  counties,  and  jiart^ 
adiacont.  ..  •  '^    .  %  ^  • 

,  l;ov.  Sumue\'S.  Jlarher.  x\s,'?i.stniit  to  the  P^ev.  C.  B.  Wetmore' 
'  lif\.  Augvlu  Amoj  Benton,  Ciirist  Church,  Rockfish.  ■  *'  ^  . , 

fiev.  (^ii'i*  T.  Bland,  Rector  of  St.  Luke's  Church,  Liilcolnton, 

Rev.'-Jarvis  Buxton.  Jlector  of  Trinity  Church.  Asheville,   c 


•  ♦ 


l.S(;2.]       •  APPENDIX  k.— I. "l ST  OF  OI.ERGY.^  '  :n 

i:cv.  .1.  nioinil.  (jhcsh'iiv,  ■! ;.!).,  Uei'Uir  of  C'lilvarv   Clmr'-li-   Tnrl.orc;-i!,'rf<.' 

iiiulTriiiily  Ciiurcli,  Scotland"  Neck. 
l\'v.  .).  J5..- Colhomi,  St.  StepiiCTrs  Churcli,  O-xlord. 

Rev.  :ft.  Asliley  .Cnrtis.   D.D..    Rector  of  St.   Mattlicw'fi  Cliniv!!.    L!i!!«. 
^  bonxngh,  niid  ^ri*;>:i()iii»ry  in  jvii'ts  adjacent. 

Ki'v.  !''rpdcnclc  rUz^^crald,  C'li:;plain  in  CtonCedcralc.Aiinv.  ^      •    • 
liev.  I.uLliorJCbovn,  Beaulbrt'connty,  Assist  aft  t  to  Rev.  Mj-,.  lliinlin/. 
Ilev.  (K  M.  Evorli:ntf.  RsTtor  of  St..  Peter's  ClnircdT.  f'IiarlofI«>. 
K'ov.  ]•;.  ^f.  Forbes.  Reeror  of  ClirLst  UiuiKcli.  Elizabetli  City. 
Ret.  Edwin  (Jcei-.  Rector  of  St.  I'etei-'s  Cknirh,,  W.-i^bington. 
Kev.' Peyt<in,  C>anatj:Ijer.     *     *     .    *  ■  * 

*       "flev.  E.  "\J'.   (TilHunv  Reclur  of  tbe  Ubucek  wf'lhe  KjiUjthany,  J.<--';ik*vi)lc. 
'■fUvv.  Israel  IJardihsr,  Rl-ctor  ot  Zu)n*Cbuvcli,  lieanfort  county^  and  p«rt? 

adjaceut;       '  •   .  ,♦  .      •  '  ' 

i:ov..'i:ii^s.  (;.  Hau^hl'oil.  ^Jeetu*  »)f  *St.  V"*"**-'  Salj>^bnry.' 
liov.-TLomas  B   H.-iu.lbton.  (Dcaeoft.)  Plyniontb.     *•    V 
IJev.  P.  V.'.-ltilliard.  Reetoi-'of  thc.CJiapcl  of  tbc  (.Voss.  Cbapcl  Mill." 
Rev.  W.  llodjxcri,  D.l>..  Reut(5r().f  Knunannel  (JliurdV  "Wan-enlon.     ' 
R.ev^  I.ucian  li<dnies,  Princi|ial  of  Itavenscroft  Scliool.  Aslu'vilJ,e. 
.I.icv.  Fordv.ce  K  ]Iubbard.  D.l)..'  Professor  in  tlie    Univer-iiy  ..i   Ndith 

.,    Carolma,  dluipelllill.  .  • 

IJoV.  X.  Collin  Ilns-bos,   ?,Iis><ioiiary.    lIfiulu--oiiviile,    lleiider-(ni   ciMiDlr. 
*    '*     f»*d  jiarts  adjacent.  •  •  '  ^  y 

Pcv.  *\V.  €.  Ihmteiv  Rector  of   ^V.  .'^t.eplien'.-^'Cbnrch,   (.;ol(Nl)ofon-U.  and 

St.  ^rnry's,  Ivinston.  '      '.  *         , 

i:ev.  .los.  (?!  Unske,  Rector  yi'  Si.  John's  (^'liurch,  iV.yi'lteville.  • 

Rev.  Samnel  T.'Jolniston,  Ji.l):.'Rectoi^  of'St.  ParU's'l'-iiurcb.  T'.dvni.ni  * 
Rev.  S.  W.  Kennerly,   Rector  of  Trfnity  l*\u-isli,    Peii,iVfcn-l    cnuntv.    .-ind 

Pn^li's  Oliapai,  Pitt  'ooniity.     •    •  ,'    ,       ' 
Rev.^Fred.  J.   Lii,ditl>onrne,    Rector  *)f  t.Iie«-<«i'nreb  ul'  tlio.S;t vicuu-.  .I.-nl- 

son,  iS'ortii;iinpt^>n  county.-  •■       •  '  < 

llt'v.  R.* S;  "Nrasi)^.  O.U..  Rector  of  Christ  Cluucli.    Ilalciglk 
ilo'w.Tf.  II.  •'!\rasGn.  .loiin's  Kivei',  Vorgiinton  *l>nrke  connty.  ^ 

,   Itov.  Daniel  Morrelle,  (UoiLi'oii  I  Hlilniin^'ton.  .  •        , 

llfv.  T.  I;?'.  W.  Mct.t.  Edito»of  the  ChurcU  [jitelli-enetr,  Ilalei.-li. 
iiev.  Janieii  ^toore,  St.  Fanl's  ChnrQii,  T.oiVisburii-.. 
■   Pu'V.-  .I()<!.    W.  'Mnrphy,   RcclnVdf   St.    T);rv7d"s    (.'Itiireh.    Scnpppriicn-. 

V\"avJ[ijlir1yil  CiMllli  V.  •  '     ' 

;.o\    (fteoru'c    PaTl-M-sdii.    I.a!<.'    <  Ii.^tt!.    ami    .\i;--lon:ii-y   in    ^^■a-llilHflon 

county, 
itv'v.ll.  II.    Trunt.    l;ector>  of  ^l.    i  ,;ii!i  s  riiurel:,  W  illi.Hjnshoi'onii-h,. jukI 

IFoly  Iiin©c(?Htst  Ileuderson. 
Rev.  S   C.  i'to^crts^,  Reelor  (^f^Jrace  ChiutrL  Vor;:nnton. 
\\c*-.  "W.  "W".  SkHes,  (Deacfiji,)  ^\''atangR  couWt)*.  ■•     .  • 
Rev.  T-L  A.  SkiniTer.  lulonton?  .♦•       •  *  * 

Rev.  \*Snie<te:'-,  1).D.!  Rector  of'SL  MaryJs  Sclioul*  i;alci;;li* 
Pev^^V.K.SiKAfdci^,  Ifcctorof  tlio'cluircji  hf  tlie'Hol\'*'rrinity.  Ileriford 
i;ev.  R.*i;.  Sutirtn.  Rector  of  St.  I5arthoIoine\v"s   (Inirch,   J'it  (-boroii;!!]. 

and  St.  .Mark".s'*(;i^urcli,  Dcy])  River.- 
i'.ev.  Rev.'is  Taylor,  OiTbril.  Oranvillj.'  county.  • 
IvcV.  Rol)oi-t  E.  Terry,  St.  John's  Cliurcli,  Wrtniinglfcju.       •      • 
IJev.^^Jolin.  Ilusko  Tillinghast,  (Deacon.)  Chapk'wi  in  ConTederale' Arm^  . 
Rev.  D.])^  Van  Antwerp,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Clinrcii,  iUaufort.  ^ 
Kev.  Maurice  11.  Vaniflian,  Chaplain  in- Coided orate  Army. 
Ucv.  Junatlian  A.  Wainwrijiht.  '.  ' 


f 


213  JOTTRNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COD^JCfL.  [1^G2;*' 

Key.  A.. A.    AVatson,  Jiectjn-  of  Clirisi    Clmrcli,  Xfwbern,  ami  Chaplain    ■ 
^  in  CV)ii federate  A riDT. 

*  Ker.  C>ni?  AVntefs,iS|,  Tlioinas".s  GJiiircli,  Windsor. 

.     Rev.  Geo   B.  Wctryrvro,   Rec-tor  of' St-  Philip's  Cliurch,  Mocksviile,  jiul .    ' 
ifjirts  adif^cenU 
I^er.  ^^;Jfk*]^^.  Wetniore.  ( i  )l;icoti)  in  charge  of  Christ  Cliurch,  Newbern. 

l)li>CESJ^^OF'SOtTTir  CAKOLIXA.      ■  .     *    '.• 

■       f  ■  •      •  » 

Rif^ht  Rov.  Thoinas  F.Davis,  I).  ])..  ]?is1iop  of  the    Diocese,  and    Rector  ** 
^.  of  (m race  Church,  Caindeiv.  •  '  **, 

Rev.  Th^ftias  S.  Arthur,  Itectorof  Christ  Church',  Greenville.   .  *     j. 

Rev.  Xenophon  Y^  Aiulcrson,  (Deacon,)  Mission.ary  to  the  negroes  in  St. 

Mfirkss  Chirendon. 
f'ev.  Rdhert   ^V.  Barnwell,  '  {J)e!icon. )  Ri'hfes«or  jiiid  Chaplidn  in    South 'i 

Carolina  College,. ,<'olnnibi;i.  ^^tf 

Itev.  ]•:,  E.  Bellinger,  Itector  of  St.  .Iii<l<f"s  Cliurch,  ^Valterboru".     ,     *      r 
Rev.  \l^T.  I'rown,  Rector  of  St.  David>^  Cheraw.  '  '    '/  * 

Revi  .lolni  T^arnwell  Campbell,  C'harle«to)i.  •      " 

^Vv.  Andrew  II.  Cornish,  Rector  of  St.  Pjiul's,  Pendleton. 
F!(*\'.' .lohn  ll.*(!ornish,*R<?<'tor  of  f^t.  Tliaddens,'  Aiken, 
(lev.  Thomas  F^  Davis,  *lr..  Assistant  Minister,   (trace  Church,  (^laindeu. 
Rev.  AYni.    f^elion.  Rector  of  St.  Philips,  ChaVlewton. 
,     4{ev. , I.  GrinikeJ^Jravfnn,' Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Parish.  •'     '     * 

lie?-,  .^ij^.  li:  Elliott.  Akisistant  Minister  of'St.  Michaer«Chnrch,  Charle-itun.^ 

•  JV^.  John  B.J-:iliott,  KHtor  of  CJirist'Church.  M'ilton.'- 

iU'v,  S|t>phciiJ']lIioti,  Rei-tor  of  St.  BartholomeAv's  Parish.     \   * 

•  Rev.  .U)hn  j;.Tvil,  ri^idinff  at  Moiint  Pleasant.    •  •  ,-       * 
f.\ev.  C.  P.  Gadsden,  dJector  of  St.  I^uke'.s,  Charleston.  .   • 

ivev;  r'h"ilip.(Jadsden,  Rector  (4'  St.  Paul's  Parish,  Stono,    and  St.   Paul'i 

e       _        ChuFch,  Sn'mvnerville. '  '  ' 

Re».  Alexander  (jtennie,  KecloV  of' All-Saints' I'aiisR,  WaccamaTr.^ 
'Rev.  .1.  Meroier  <?reen,  Recto^  of  Christ  Church,  Charlestqn.      '  '  • 

Pve¥.  Jj.  T'\  Guerrj.  Rector  of  Zion  Church. 'Richlajid.  '  *- 

lic^v.  R.  ]•'.  Habersham,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's,  Clarendon. 

•     Rer.'Christian    Hanckel,  D'.D.,-liector   of  St.   HauW  Church,  Uadclif^*^ 
»   .       boro',  Charlt>slon.  »  .,      •   • 

l;ev\'l.  Stuart  Hjnckel,  Profes'sor  in  Theological  Seminary,  Camden.  , 

Rev.  Will.  JT.  Hanckel,  PL^ctor  of  St..foliu'.s  C'hiwcli;,  Richland.   ^  }  ijf"** 

•  Rev.  Robert  T*  LFtiward.  Roetor,  of  P^inc»  George's  ^*ansh,'Win\«awl 
•Rev.  Wni.^i?.  W.  Howe,"  'A8si--tiint  >[ini.sj.er  of  St.   Philip's,  Charleston. 

•  Re%-.  .T^'.fl^sT.  Ilutchesoir' 1<ertorol'  St.  -Tolin'.s  Church,  and  St.  Ste]>hen's 

(f  Churcii,  FairlioM.      ,  /  •.•*'• 

J^ev.  J.^septjllunler.      ^        '#*'  ••'•.  »*    ••*'* 

,  ^]\ev.  ZiTuThaujJ^I  Hyatt, -^letM of  (if  St.  .lames's  I'arish,  Santet-. 

Rev.  P^Gerva'is  Jenkins,  J\Fissron:tin'  fix  negroes  in  St,  John's  Parish,  John's 

Jsbfnd.-  ,'.••"  '  «      • 

A*.v.  J^onj.  JoTAson,*Rc^tor  of  l^rinifly  Church,  Abbeville. 
.Rev.  Wm.  Johi*on,  residing  atYorkville. 

jiev.  R.  P.  Johnson,  Rcct<irof  !^t.  Stfephan's  and  U4»per  St.  John'*. 
Rev.  John  S.  Kidney,  Rectot-  yf  Trinity  Churth,  Society  11  ill. 
liev.  C.  F.  Jo'nes,' J).D.,'iJector  of  Calvary  Church,  (ilenn  Spj-ing«. 
Bev.  P.  'l*rapierKeith,.Iiector  of  St.  Michael's  Church,  Charleston. 
Rev.   Ljicien   C.  Lafiee,  Rector  of  St.  Luke's  Church,  Jsewben-y.    and 
Cluirch  of  the  Epiphany,  Lanreng. 


1862.1  *  APPENDIX  K.— LIST  OF  CLERGY. «  213' 

Kev.  MnuHoc  H.  Lance,  residing  nearGeorgotown.  , 

Uev,  Cliarles  E.  Leverett,  residing  a,t  Columbia. 

l!ev.  Edward  C.  Logan^  Assistant  Minister  of  tlic  Parisli  of  St.  Tlioinas. 

and  St,  I)«nnis.    •   .        -    "■ 
]lQy.  Tlionias  N.  Liioas,  residing  in  Xurtli  Carolina. 
Kev.  AIqs.  W.  Marshall,  D.D.,  Minister  of  St.  John's  Chapel,  IIanii>!ilca(l, 

Cliarleston.  '.  .  • 

llev.  .JohnI>.  McCuUonjfli,  llectoi'ot  ^hurch  of  Nativiiy,  rnioiiville,  and 

.Church  of  the  Advent.  Si>ar(anl)urjr.  ••"        ^ 

[lev.  David  ^NFcElheran,  residing  at  Mount  Pleasant. 
Uev.  Stiles  Mellichamp,  residing  at  Orangeburg.  '  .       " 

l!cv.  Augiu<tus  Moore,  Keotor  of  Christ  Church,  ^Lni's'  j'lufl. 
Uev.  Jaines  W.  Miles,  residing  in  Charleston. . 
Rev.  Josiah  Obear,  residing  near  "\Yinnsbor4)iigli. 
Tiev.  A.  F.  Olmsted.  Hector  of  St.  John's  Pari.sli,'  l!erkle\ . 
llcv.  n.  L.  Phillips,  Ministertif  St.  Stephen's  Chapel.  CharlcRton. 
Uev.  C.  C.  Pinckney,  Jr.,  Jiector  of  Grace  Church,  Cliaijeston. 
Uev.  A.  T.    Porter.,  Keotor  of  Church    of  the   Holy  Coinniunion,    t*au 

noiisboro',  Charleston, 
liev.  Wni.  T.  Potter,  residing  in  Greenvilk-. 

Uev;  AVni.  O.  Prentiss,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Charleston. 
Uev.  J,  Maxwell  Pringle,  PiCetor  of  Christ  Church,  Coluud)ia. 
Uev.  ^V^  ^V,  I'atrick,  (Deacon)  Missionary  i^n  St.  Stephen's  and  Upjicr  St, 

John's  Parish.  ' 

Uev.  J.  H.  Quinl)y.  • 

Rev.  Edward'Ueed,  Ucctor  of  Prince  William's  Parish.  ^      '  , 

.Uev.  J.  jj.  Roberts,  Rector  of  Church  of  the  Holy  Cross,  Statebur^. 
liov.  J>.  15.  Sams,  Rector  of  Chnrch  of  the  Holy  Apostles,  P)arnwell. 
Uev.  J.  J.  Sams,  Piccfeor  of  St.  Thomas  aiid  St.  Dermis. 
Kev.  J.  ]>.Seabrook,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  Ander.son.  , 
Uev.  Peter  J.  Shand*  Rector  of  Tiinity  Churcli,  Columbia.  •    ... 
Uew.  James  Stoney,  Rcctorof  Chnrch  of  the  (iood  Shcphei'd,  Yorkville. 
Piov.  P.  F.  Stevens,- (Deacon)  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  IMftck  OakT 
Uev.  Paul  Trapier,  Prof,  in  Theological  Seminary  at  Camden,  .iJid  Mission-  . 

Hry  at.  <  >rangcburg  C.  11. 
FIcv.  liichard  Trapier,  residing  iibar  Camden. 
Uev,  C.  IJruce  AYalker,  Columbia. 

Uev.  EJward  T.  Walker,  Rector  of  St.  Helcna-Cliurcli,  Si.   Helena. Island. 
Urv.  Jas.  li.  Walker,  D.D.,  Rector  of  St.  Helena  Church,  Heaufort. 
Pv»v.  ATberl  R.  Walker.  (Deacon)  Rector  of  Church    of  (he    Holy    Com 

forjrr,  Snmtfrvillc,        • 
Kc\.  v..  J.  Webli,  (Deacon)  Missioijary  in  St-  Rartholomew's  Parish. 
Uev.  .1.  v..  Welch,  (Deacon)  Missionai-y  in  the  Parish  of  the  Holy  Trinity, 

(Ti';di:nnvillc.  "       »  ' 

Uev.   .Arthur   Wigfall.'  I'eclor   of  the  Church  of  (he  Holv   Trinitv,    (Ira 

liamvilU'.  ■  .'•■•' 

ALSO, 

Uev.  Riciiard  Johnson, .of  jlii,'  Dioce?e  of  Gcoj'gia. 

*    DIOCKSK  OF  GfeOliGIA. 

The  Ui;.';hl   Uev.   Stephen  .Elliott,   D.D.,  P.isliop  nf  the  Diocc'-p,  and  Rec 

tor  of  Christ  Church,  Savannah. 
Uev.  Theodore  P.  Hartow,  Cha])hiin  in  the  T-  S.  N'avy.' 
Uev.  Samuel  Benedict /Rector  of  St.  James's  Churcli,  Marietta. 


314  JO.URNAL  UF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.  |i;:h2 

liev.  E(lnmi)(l  1'.  Urowii, Hector  ol'  CliL'ist  Cliui'c'i,    Si.  SimtiiiV-.  ami    ^li 

•  ,  DaviirsCliuroIi,  (iljiiii.     V.  O.  St.  Simon's  Islaml. 
Rev.  George  IP.  Ckirk. 

Jiov.  Williftin  11.  Clarke,   Assistaiit  Pvcctin-ol' St.  Paul's  Ciiuroli.  Aii-Mi>ln^ 
R<'i-.  ChJirlcs  ir.  Colov,  Assistant  Atiifister  of  Clirist  Church,    Sav;ijinah' 
Kev.  Cloor'^e  "^V.  Eastcr<  Hector  of -St.  riiul's  Free  (^Miurcli. 
llpy.  Jq.1ui  I).  Easter,  Ecctor-of  St.  Peter's  Ohurcli.lloine.  ' 

Kev.  "William  E."  Ei)pcs,  llcctoV  of  CraeeCJirtrclr,  Clarkcsville. 
iicv.  John  Fieliliii;.:,  vesidincr  in  South  Carolina. 
Kov.  E<l\vard  E.  Ford,  D.D..  Kector  of  St.  haul's  Chni:c,h,  Au'cusla.     I", 

O.  Cave  8|irinir.  '•  •  > 

Ecv.  Agdrcw  F.  Freeman,  Ee^tor  of  St..  Philiji's  Chtircii.  A ! 'n'lt:!.. 
Eev.  Charles  A.  Grant,  (Dcaconf)  Savanuaii. 
ftev.  X  Hardin  CJcorge,  Missiouarj  atGriffin. 

T'lCv.  William  H.  Harison,  lic^ctor  of  the  Church  of  AtouciLKMit,  .\ii";ii-;Ui. 
Eev.  William  N.  Ilixwks,  Kector  of  Trinity  Church.  CoIuml)us.   , 
licv.  AVilliiun  T.  llchns,  (Deacon,)  Winchestei-.  Tolui. 
Eev.  ^\:  II,  Ilendersoq,  ])  ]).,  Piector  of  Emmanuel  Clmich.-  Atlicii 
ilov.  John  J.  Hunt,  residing  in  Mariettii. 
(iov.  Itichai'd  Johnson,  Chaplain  Hampton  l,cc;ioii. 
llcv.  Sams'on  ]).  Laney,  ( Deacou,)  residing  in  Coiumfu*. 
flov.  George  Macnnley,. Hector  (>l"  St-Taul's  Church,  Alhany.. 
]iev.  Jaquelin  M.  Meredith,  (Deacon). 

llev.  Cameron  F.  McRae,-  Kector  of  St.  Jolui's  Cliurcli.  Savaim.'sli. 
Kevv  John  Xeely,  residing'in  Augusta.  -       "  " 

Kev.  S.amncl  J.  Pinkerton,  residing  in  Allauiu. 
llev.  John  T.  Pryst*,  Kector  of  iContpelior  F6ni;i'!c  tnstituii'. 
Kev.  H.  Kollock  Kees,  Kbctor  of  Christ  Church,  M:"ijJ«in. 
Kev.  T.  Jeffersou  Staley,  (Deacon, ),haying<'harge^f  St.  Stophen's<'lia|nl, 

Savannah,  and  Missionary   to  (i.V)lt>red5*eop!e  o!>  a(lj;icciit  r!:U!t;i 

tions.  -  _  •       ■  ,  ■ 

Kev.  Pk.  Francis  Starr.  •  ••    • 

licv.  Charles W.  Thomas,  ,Niissionary  in  ^Ceulrai   (iei-rgia.      1".   ( >.  (irlllir.. 
Kev.  William  N.  Ward,  residing  in  Virginia.. 
Kev.  AVilliam  C  Williams,  Missionary  ti>*tlTe  ("olored  ['cdplc  o'n  iliij(Jgcc- 

chee  kiver,  S;ivannidi.  •      .  .   •       ■*.       »    ' 

J)10CEto*E  OF  'ALABA^fA.^ 

Kt.  Kev.  Kichartl  11.  "\\  ilmen"  I'.D.,  Bisliop   yf  tliu,  Dioffcs*.-,  (  ui'ciisi'<i  ■■. 

Kev,  James  B.  Avirett.  (Deacon)  Ch:ir»kiin  in  tiie  Armv;'/,;'.  S.  A. 

Kev.  J.  M.  Eanister,  (!^hurch  of  (he  Xativity.  liun(^\-ine.       '       ^ 

Rev.  Thomas  J.  P>eardf  (J)eacon.>>  '  '^ 

Kev.  William  Binet.     ,         *.  /  «•        .  »        * 

J<ev.  K.- A.Cohlis,  Church  of  the  Holy  Crusss,  Eniun'toArn. 

Kev  Itichard  H.  Cohhs,  St.  Paul's  Churcli,  Gi5:'cnshor(>. 

Kev.  Wni.D.  Cljristian,  (Deaqon,)  Marion.     •  * 

Kev.  Thonias  A.  .Cook,  Tftllad%a.  ,  i«» 

Kev.  George  F.  jDiishiiniin,  D.D.,  otlif  iatiftg  at  Purtland.  « 

Rev.  Charle^  A.  Derjjy;    St,  Pet(y"s   Churcfi,    Lowades    '^<riiuly.- -  I'.cii- 

•     ton  P.  O.  .  •     •"       . 

Kev,  A.  F.  D(ihl),  (DeacCn,)  Gainesville.  , 

Kev.  John  G.  Grholsoii,  St.  Micliael's  Church,  ^laicmro  cnuntv.    T'nion- 

town  P,  O.  ■;  .  '  , 

Kev.  Jolm  B.  Gi-ay"  (Deacon  )     Ely  ton  P.  O.  '      \ 


» 


1862; I  *         APPENDIX  K\— LIST  OF  C'LEU'GV..  215 

it 

Ilev.  V.Jl.  Ihuisdu,  SU  Andrew's  Clnircli,  Macon. 
Kgv. -ffimes  8. 'larratt,  Missionaiy.     ]\[ontgomery  P.  O'. 
liev.  F.  B. 'r>ee,  i^t. 'Paurs  Ohiiroli, Carlowville..  »•• 

Pev.  J.  A* Massey,  Trinity  Olmroh,  Moliile.  ,. 

ilev.  A.  Men<v(>s,  SfT-Ioln/s  ChnrcL,  in  the  Prairies,     (ircensboro"  P.  (». 
Jlxit.  JcUn  M.  MitclieTl,  St.  Joliirs  C'liurch,  ^ront!--oiJicry. 
I'ev.  11.  D.  Nevius,  Ciirist  Oiinrcli,  Tuscaloosa, 
r.ev.  .T.J.  Nicholson,  St.  NLary's,  CInircli,  Mobile. 
!Iev.  W;  .T.  I'erdue,  fjl.  Mar\"s  Church,  Caiiulen. 
Rev.  S.  E.  Phillips.  '  ,. 

Pcv.  Henrj'N.  Pierce,  St.  .'ohn".s  Chnfcli,  Mobile.  * 

Pev.  -T.  M.  KobertsoTi,  St.  John's  Church,  M*dison  caniity.  ^    t 

Ilev,  llenr}-  Sansoni,  D.l).,  Clirist  Church,' Mobile.  ' 

■  !;ev.  .1,'A.  Sliejilicnlj  llectur  ot  llanwier  Hall,  MontgoniPry. 
I'^n-.  S.  W. -Smith,  Si. 'Mark's  Churdi,  Greene  county.     Livingston  I\  O. 
itev.  .1.  F.lHinitli,  t>t.  Paul's  Churoli,  kowndesboro. 
Ilev.  J.B.  T.  Shiith. 

ilev.  ^\^''A.  ^^t^cknw,  St.  Will'rid's  (-iiurch,  Marion. 
Ilev.  .1.  il.  Ticknor,  St.  Paul's  Church,  Selnia. 
Pv(M-.  .1.  C.'  Waddill,  Calvary  Cliurch,  Pusliinataha. 

i>i:ocESE  OF  Mississirri.  • " 

lit.  Ilev.  \\illiani  M.  Green, *I).L).,  Pishop  of  .the  Diocese,  .lackson,  Mis?. 
ItQV,  V>'m.  F.  Adams,  Hector  of  St.  Paul's  Churcb,■'^VOodvilie.  • 

.ilev.  J.  Charles  Adams.  Chaplain  C  S.  A. 
■Vwet.  F.  A.P.  Parnard,  LL.TX- 
Ilev.  ^Vm.  U.  Burton,  ^liiwstering  at  Corinth. 
I U'v.  Frederick  W.  Boyd.     P.  0."Na,tchc/j.*      . 

P'ev.  Ilobert  F.  CllUe,"llQclor  of  (irace  €hurch,  Okalona.  •      , 

Tljv.  John  Coleman,  D.D.,  Pector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Colum].iu^, 
Pcv.  Win.  Croes  Cj-auc,  Hector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  .Tackson.       * 
lle^-.  I'rederick  AV.  Danuis.     P.  O!  Vickshurg. 

•ll»v.  Charles  B.  Dana,  D.I).,  Rector  of  St.  .Tamej's  Churcli,  lV)rt  (iibson. 
Ilev.   Wm.    K.  J)ouglas,.  Prof,  in  -TelJersou  College,  aiul  Hector  of  Churcli 

of  the  Advent,  AVashington.  • 

■Pcv.  l^lijah  11.  Downing.  Hector  of  St.  Philip's  Church,  Kirkwood. 
i;.M.    Frederick  ElAvell,  Hector  of -St.  ['.nke's  Chyrch,  Brandon,  ami    SI. 

Matthew'.s  Church,  Clinton. 
Ilev.  Edward  Fontaine,  ministering  at    Haymond.'aiMl  at  Church    of  the 

jllcdemption,  Iliuds  county.  , 

l!cv.,.T;imb^  A.  li'ox,  Bovina,  AVari-cn  couuty. 

Kcv. -James D.  Gibsou,  Hector  of  St.  Alljan's  Chnrch,  Warren  county. 
|.'(\ . -iauies  S.  Greene.  Fayette,  .lefterson  couuty. 
i.w'v.  r.enjamln  llnlsted.  Hector  of  Calvary  Chni'ch,  llnlnies "county,  1. ex 

ingtou. 
Ilev.  ilenrv  C.  Harris,  ^Missionarv   :it   Slni(|ualali.    DeK'alb  count  v,   I'le 

;     iCalh.        •  ,  •/.•.,. 

Hcv.  Wni.  U.    Lacey,' D.D.,.[PresideiTt   of  Hose   (intes"   Female   C-^jllei'e, 

( )kalonaf      ,  ^ 

llcv.    r.itnmud    C.   Laughlin.    minist.crii>g«at*  T)iamond    Place,    Warren 

*      county,  Wiirrehton. 
Ke*.  Wn^  W.  Fori},-!).!).,  Hector  of  Christ's  CUurch,  Vickshmg. 
Rev.  lienjamin  M.  Miller,  Ili'cfor  ftf  Christ's  Church,' Cliurch  Hill. 
Hcv.  (ii.lenn  r..  I'cvry,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  liectoi*of  Trinity  Church,  NatcJje.'. 


210  JOmiNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.  [18C2. 

Rev.  Henry  CI.  Perry,  Assistant  Rector  of  Trinity  Chnreii,  Katcliez. 

Rev.  AVm.  H.  Phillips,  Ministering-  at  Lake  Washington. 

Rev.  J.  Thomas  Pickett,"  Rector  of  Clirist's  Chnrch,  Holly  Sprin;:;*. 

Rev.  Willard  Presbnry,  Early  Grove,  Marshall  coTlnty. 

Rev.  George  Rottcnstein,  Rector  of  Church  of  the  Epijihany,  Claiborne 
county,  Port  Gibson. 

Rey..  Thos.  S.  Savage,  M.  D.,  Rector  of  the  Cliapel  of  the  Cross,  Madi- 
son county,  Livingston. 

[lev.  Wni.  Parker  Scott,  Ministering  ill   Yazoo  City  and  parts  ailjacent, 

•  Yazoo  City.  ^    /     .*   . 

Rev.  George  TV.  Sill.  *'''*- 

Rev. 'Joseph  Spencei",  D.D.,  Ministering  at  Summit  and    Osvka,  S.unjiiiit. 

Rev.  George  Stewart.       •  ^  '         ■ 

•      DIOCESE  OF  TEXAS. 

Rt.  Rev.  Alexander  Gregg,  D.D.,  liishop  of  the  Diocese,  Austin. 

Rev.  B.  Eaton,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  (lalveston.  • 

Rev.  C.  Gillette,  Rector  of  St.  ]")avid\s  Church,  Austin.  * 

Rev.  L.  P.  Rucker,  Missionary,  Caldwell,  Uurleson  county. 

Rev.  W.  T.  D.  Dalzell,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Cliurch,  San  Antonio.  '    , 

Rev.  L.  H.  .Tones,  Chaplain,  C.  S.  A.  ••      *         • 

Rev.  T.  H.  Michell.  '        ♦    * 

Rev.  R.  H.  Rauney,  residing  near  Seguin.  »  •  •   , 

iiev.  John  Owen,  Rector  of  Christ  Chnrcli,  Matagorda.       '  ,      .    *     •. 

Rev.  J.  M.  Goshorn,  Pwector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Columbus.-  *. 

Rev.  R.  S.  Seely,"Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  TV ashingtun. 

Rev.  E.  A.  Wagner,'  Rector  of.  Christ  Cluircli^  Houston. 

Rev.  Daniel  Shaver,  Rector  6f  St*.  Peter's  Cl4,tirch,"Brenhani,   fiidepend 

•    ence.  " 

J^ev.  S.  D.  Davenport,  Pvector  of  Church  of  the  Good  ShejilierJ,  Orpus 

CKristi. 
Rev.  P.  R.  Brown,  (Deacoii,)  Austin.  .    . 

Rev.  H.  R.  Monges,  (Deacon,)  Missionary,  Seguin. 
P^ev,  H.  G.  Batterson,  (Deacon).         •  .. 

Rev.  W.  R.  Richardson,  (Deacon,)  lli.ssionary,  Victoria. 
Rev.  C.  W.  Stone,  (Deacon,)  Missionary,  ■CaUlwell,  Burleson  county, 

DIOCESE  OP  ARKANSAS. 

Right  Rev.  Henry  C.  Lay,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese,  Little  Rock. 

Rev.  -T.  M.  Curtis,  St.  John's  Church,  Camden. 

Pvev.  Otis  Hackett,  Emmanuel  Church,  Lake  Village.  ^ 

Rev.  David  Kerr,  residing  near  El  Dorado.  •   ^ 

Rev,  D.  McManus,  residing  near  FayQtteville.  ,  • 

Rev.  John  Sandels,  St.  John's  Church,  Fort  Smith. 

Rev.  W.  O.  Stout,  -J^ Church,  Hawkstone.  . 

P.ev.  R.  W.  Trimble,  St.  John's  Church,  Pine  ]>}nf!;  ,  • 

Rev.  J.  T.  Wheat,  D.D.,  Christ  Church,  Little  Rock.     ^      ' 
Rev.  R.  H.  Murphy,  (Deacon,)  Washington.  .  •  •  , 

Rev.  B.  R.  S.  Boemond,  not  resident  in  the  Diocese.  "     4 

Rev.  W.  H.  Smythe,  (Deacon,)  not  resident  in  the  Diocese.  ^ 


• 


PASTORAL  LETTER 


F  1{  O  M      THE 


S,is[]oj]s  of  tlje  |lrotfstant  %iscojJiil  (H^ljunl] 

Toi   THK 

CLEKGY    AND    LAITY 

o  i<-    THE  *:'     . 

Cljiirrlj  in  tjie  Cinifehniitr  liatr! 

OF    A-MERICA^. 

DELIVERED  BEFOBE  THE  GEMAL  COWIL, 
m  $T  PAULAS  CHURCHt  AUGUSTA, 

Saturday,  Nov.  22cl,  1862. 


AUGUSTA,    GA.: 
Steam  Power  Press  Chronicle  &  Sentinel 

18C2 


'ORAL  LETTER. 


At  your  roquost,  brethren  of  the  Clergy  ami  Laity;- we 
conclude  the  session  of  our  First  General  Cou;ieil  by.  pre- 
senting to  you  and  reading  in  your  presence  a  Pastors! 
Letter,  addressed  to  tlie  members  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church  scattered  throughout  the  Confederate  States. 
By  the  mighty  power  of  the  Lloly  Grhost  wehave  been  per- 
mitted to  bring  our  deliberations  to  a  close  in  a  spiri!.  oi" 
harmony  and  peace  which  augurs  well  for  the  futui'C  wel- 
fare of  our  branch  of  the  Church  Catliolic ;  £ind  our  lifst  duty 
is  to  thank  Ilim  who  lias  promised  to  be  with  I[is  Church  to 
the  end  of  the  w^orld,  for  His  presence  with  us  during  our 
consultationSj  ^ndfor  the  happy  conclusion  to  which  He  has 
brought  our  sacred  labors. 

Seldom  has  any  Council  assembled  in  the  Church  oi" 
Christ  under  circumstances  needing  Il^s  presence  more 
urgently  than  this  which  is  now  about  to  submit  its 
con-elusions  to  thQ  judgment  of  the  Universal.  Chlu-ch. 
Forced  by  the  providence  of  God  to  separate  ourselves 
from  the  Proteatant  Episcopal  Chuizch  in  the  Unij;ed  Statics, 
— ?.  Church  with  whose  doctrhie,  discipline  an(i  worship 
■we  are  in  entire  harmony,  and  with  whose  action,  u^  to  the 
time  of  that  separation,  we  were  abundantly  satislied — at 
a  moment  when  civil  strife  had  dipped  its  foot  in  blood, 
and  ci'uel-.war  was  desolating  Our  homes  and  firesides,  we 
requirotl  a  double  measure  of  grace  to  preserve  .the  accus- 
tomed moderation  of  the  Church  in  the  arrangement  of  our 
organic  law,  in  the  adjustment  of  our  code  of  cauou:^,  but 
above  all,  in  the  preservation,  without  change,  of  those  rich 
treasures  of  doctrine  and  worship  which  have  come  to  us 
enshrined  in  our  Book  of  Common  Prayer.     Cut  oif  like- 


wisG  from  all  communication  with  our  sister  Churches  of 
tlie  world,  we  have  been  compelled  to  act  without  any  iit-. 
terchange  of  opinion  even  with  our  Mother  Church,  and 
alone  and  vmaided'to  arrange  for  ourselves  the  organization 
under  which  we  should  do  our  part  in  carrying  on  to  their 
consummation  the'pulposes  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus.  "We  trust 
that  .the  Spirit  of  Christ  has  indeed  so  directed,  sanctified 
and  governed, us  in  our  work,  that'we  shall  he  approved  by 
;'![  llibsp.wjio  loye  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  in  sincerity  and 
iu  tt'uth,  and  who  are  earnest  in  preparing  the  world  for  His 
coming  in  glorious  majesty  to  jutlge  both  the  quick  and 
the  dead. 

The  Constitution  of  the  Prgtestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
the  Confederate  States,  urrder^which.we  have  beeil  exerci- 
sing ous  legislative  func,tions,,  is  the  same  as  that  of  the- 
Church 'from  which -Ave  have  beeu  providentially  separated, 
save  that  we  liave  .introduced  into  it  a  germ  of  expansion 
wliich  was  wanting  in  the  old'constitution.  This  is  found  in 
the  permission' which  is  o-rantedto  existins:  Dioceses  to  form 
the«"!^elv^s  by  subdivision  into  X^rovinces,  and  by  this  pro- 
cess gTciJdually  tp'reduco  our  immense  Dioceses  into  Episcopal 
Sees,  morp  like  those  which,  in  primitive  times,  covered 
the  territories  (.if  the  Roman"  Eriipire.  It  is  at  j^i'^sent  but 
a-germ,  and..^\uy  ^i'-,  ^'^'^  nuui}-  3'cai's,  without  expansion, 
liul,  bei,ng.thofe,  it  gives  prcm;ise,  in  the  future,  of  a  more 
close  and  constant  I^piscjopul  supervision  than  is  possible 
under  our  ijreetM'it  arnano'cmeiit. 

Tl':^. Canon  law,_^\rhi(jli  lias  been  adopted  during-  our  pre- 
sent 8essiou,Js  altog^c-tb^Jr  in,  its  spirit,  and  almost  in  its  let- 
ter, identical  wi'li  tluit  Im'ler  which  we  have  hitherto  pros- 
[)erQd.  ■     ■. ,  '    -iiiipliiiecl  -if  iu  some  j'cspects,  and  have 

mad«  it  more  eicarand  plain  in  many  of  its  requirements ;  but 
no  chan":es  liave  been  introduced  wTiicli  have  altered  either 
its-tono  or  clia^racter.  -It  is  the  same  moderate,  just  and  equal 
body  of  Ecclesiastical'Law  by  which  the  Church  has  been 
governed  on  t^.iis  continent  since  her  reception  from  the 
Church  of  England  of  the  treasures  of  an  apostolic  tainis- 
try  and  a  liturgical  form  of  worship. 


Tlie  Prayer  Book  we  have  lel't  untouched  in  Cvery  par- 
ticular save  where  a  change. of  6nr' civil  government  and 
the  formation  of  a  new  nation  have  made  alteration  essen- 
tially requisite.  Three  words. compVisc  all  the  amendment 
which  has  been  deemed  necessary  in 'the  rrescnt  emer- 
gency, for  we  have  felt' unwilling,  in  t!hc  ex'isting  cftnfnsion 
of  affairs,  to  lay  raSh  hands  upon  a  "Book,  consecrated  by 
the  use  of  ages,  and  hallowed  by  association's  the  most  sa- 
cred and  precious.  A^e  giV<^  you  liack  your  ]>ook  of  Com- 
mon Prayer  the  same  as.  you  have*  entriisted  it  to  us,  be- 
lieving that  if  it  has  slight  'dofects.  their  F6mov:'l  haf^etter 
l)e  the  gradual  work  of  experience  than  tht;ha^?ty  action- of 

"  a  body  convened  almost  upon  the  outskirts  of  a  camp: 
Besides  this  actual  legislation  which  we  uov^  sitbmit  to 
A'ou.  our  assembling  together  lias  gVon  \m' a  ve^v  of  {lie 
"condition  of  the  Church  throughout  the  ConfexWratc  States 
which  renders  it  our  duty  to  speak  t6  voii  as  Chief  Pastors 
over  the  flock  of  Christ,  remiiuliilg  you  of  the  peculiar  en- 
couragements which.surronnd  ♦us.  specify urg* the  points  to- 
wards which"  our  eftbrts,  as  a'tJliristia'n  Church,  should  be  di- 
rected, and  pointing  out  the  deficiencie^which  require  instan  t 
cori-ection  and  amendment.  Xo  moment  sccmsso  propitious 
for  the  performance  of  'this  duty,  as  that  in  Vv'hich  we  arc 
beginning  a  new  life  in  the  Chuj'ch,  anii 'ai'o  prxiparing  to 
stamp  ourselves  upon  the  world  for  good  or  for  evil.     . 

Our  highest  encouragement  is  derived  from  the  fact  tliai 
we  hold  the'sacrcd  trust  of  Clio  Fait^i>5nce  Vleliyoj'ed  to  the 

.  saints,  anjl  that  we  liold  it  in  connexion  with*a  njinistry 
whose  succession  from  Christ  and  Ill's  Apostles "i:*  undoubt- 
ed, and  with  a  form  of  worship  fimplc  and  pure  ycT;  sublime 
and  scriptural.  These  are  not  gif(s  to  make  a  bnastof,  but 
to  use  for  the  glory  of  (Tod  andThe  advancement  of  Christ's 
kingdom.  Far  from  fil)ing  us  with  vani  g  ory,  their  pf>'- 
scssion  should  humble  us  to  the  dust,  uulesr^  wc  appi'. 
ourselves  faithful  stewards  of -Rucb  incrjtiniablc  trca.sui' 
To  whom  mitch  has  been  committed,  from  him  will  muci' 

_  bo  required^  and   it  remains  for  us  to  prove  whether  w** 


6     • 

have  deserved  so  spiritual  an  iiilieritauce.  But  possessing 
tbem,  we  may  riglitfully  feel  that  v^^e  enter  upon  our  war- 
fare- with  the  world,  the  flesh  and  tlie  devil,  having  all  the 
strc',ic:th  that  Divine  Truth  and  a  Divine  Commission  can 
gi^:'e  vi£.  .  \Vc .  can  4)ress  on  without  any  doubts  resting 
upon  our  hearts  as  to  the  truth  which  we  are  teaching,  as 
to  the  validity  of  the  sacraments  which  wc  are  administer- 
ing', or  as  to  the  authorit}^  of  the  orders  which  we  are  traus- 
mittiug.  Upon  all  these  points  we  are  secure,  and  we  can 
go  forward  offering  to  all  men,  with  boldness  and  confi- 
dence, the  gospel  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and  the  fellow- 
ship of  tiic  saints.  Whatever  hindrances  wc  may  meet,  or 
Avhataver  contradiction  of  men  wcmay  encounter,  we  can 
rest  assured  that  truth  will  finally  previlil,  and  that  God 
will  set  His  Son  upon  His  holy  hill  of  Zion. 

Our  next  source  of  encouragement  is  that  we  enter  upon 
our  work  with  our  Dioceses  fully  organized,  and  with  the 
means  which  Christ  has  instituted  in  Ilis  Church  well  dis- 
tributed throughout  the  C6nfederate  States.  •  "When ,  we 
remember  the  very  difl'erent  auspices  under  which  the  ven- 
erated Fathers  -of  the  American  Church  began  their  work, 

,  and  mark  how  It  has  growi;  and  proi^pered,  wc  should  in- 
deed take  courage  and  feel  no  fear  for  the  future.  In  their 
case  all  their  ecclesiastical  arrangements  had  to  be  organ- 
ized: in  our  case  we  find  these  arrangements  all  ready 
to  our  hand,,  and^vrith  the^  seal  of  a  happy  experience 
stamped  upon  them.  In  their  case  every  prejudice  of  the 
land  v/as  strong  against  then%»  In  our  case  w-e  go  forward 
v.itli  the  leading  ruinds.  of  our  new  l^epublic  cheering  us 
on  by  tlicir  communion  with  us,  and.  with  no  prejudications 
to  overcome,  save  those  which  arise  from  a  lack  of  acquaint- 
a.i'.cc  Vv'ith  our  doctrine  and  worship.  In  their  case  they 
were  indeed  few  and   separated  far  from  one   another  in 

■  their  work  upon  the  walls. of  Zion.  In  our  case  we  are 
comparativ^ely  well  compacted,  extending  in  an  unbroken 
chain  of  Dioceses  from  the  Potomac  to  the  confines  of  the 
Republic.     Despite  all  these  disadvantages,  "the  little  one 


became  a;  tlioiisand  and  the  small  one  a  strong  nation,/  and 
shall  we  despond  ?  If  we  be  'watehfu.1,  and  eti'cngthen  the 
things-that  remain,  onr  Qod  will  not  forsake  ns, .  but  will" 
"IcngtheiL  our  cords  and  stretch  forth  the  eurtahis'^qf  our 
luabitations."  In  visible  token  of  this  fact,  we  Jiavc  aJready, 
since  olir  orgahization,  added  to  the  Xlonsc  of  13i8hoi>s  the 
Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Wilmer  as  Bishop  cH*  Alabania,  and  received 
into  communion  t\-itli.th<}-  Church  the  Diocese  of  Arkansas. 

Another  source  of  encouragement  is  that  there  has  been, 
no  division  m  the  Church  in  the  Confederate  States.  Be- 
ticving^Vith  a  wonderful  nnaniniily,  that  the  providence 
of  God  bad  guided  our  footsteps,  and' for  His  own  inscruta- 
ble purposes,  had  fo^'ced  ns'intc)' a  pppaitite  organiEation, 
there  lias  been  nothing  to  cnibarrassns  in  the  prcTimi'nary 
movements  which  have  conducted. ns  ,to  our  present  posi- 
tion. "With  oiie  mind  and  witli  one  heart  we  have  entt^red 
upon  this  bless9d  work,  and  we  stand  togethejr'this  day  a 
band  of  brothers,  one  in  fiith,  one  'in- hope,  one  in  charit}-. 
There  may  bo  among  us,  as  thcre'always  nmst  be,  minute 
diflerenccs  of  opinion  and'fcding,  but  there  is  nothing  to 
hinder  our  keeping  the  unity  of  the  spirit  in  ^0  bond  of 
peace.  "\Ye  are  all  satistied  that  we  are  walking  in  the 
path  of  duty,  and,  tliat  1:110  lio;ltt  of  God's  countenance  \ias 
been  wonderfully  lifted  ilp  upon  tis'.  Ile-hae  comforted  us 
in  our  darkest  hours,  and  has'not'pennittcd'  our  hearts  to 
faint  in  the  day  of  advcrsiiy. 

•  These 'striking  encouragements  'vouchsafed  ^r  us  from 
the  Father  of  our  Lord  Jc'eus  Christ;  should  fill  onr  hearts 
with  oarncst  devotcdness,  and  should  lead  us  even  no\v  to 
inquire,  "Lord,  what  vnlt  thou  havo  us  to  do.?"  And  tl.ie 
answer  to  this  question  will  load  us,  your  Chief  Pastors,  to 
spccifv  the  points  towards  which  our  efforts,  hs^  a  Christian 
Church,  ishould  be  especially  dir(?cted. 

Christ  has  founded  Ilis  C^iurcli  npon  lovo-.-for  God.  is 
Love.  It  .is  the  highest  of  all  Christian  ijraces.  "And  now 
abideth  Faith,  Hope,  Charit}-,  these  thr'ee,  but  the  greatest 
of   these   is   Charity."      Charity!    not   mcro   Jilms-giving, 


whicli  is  only  one  of  its  manifestations,  but  Love  !  Christ-' 
iaii  Love  t-  As  Christ  our  Lord  loved  the  world  so  divinely 
that  he  was  satisfied  to  sufier  all  things  for  its  redemption, 
so  does  lie  command  us  to  love  one  another  and  to  be  ready 
to  do  all  things  for  each  other's  salvation.  This  was  His 
especial  commandment:  "A  new  commandment  give  I 
unto  you,*that:  ye^ove  -one  another."  And  this  is  truly  not 
only  the  new  commandment,  but  the  summary  of  all  the 
commandments.  The  whole  Gospel  is  redolent  with  it, 
with  a  broad,  comprehensive,  q,ll-embracing  love,  ap- 
pointed, like  Aaron's  rod,  to  swallow  up  all  the  other 
Christian  graces,  and  to  manifest  the  spiritual  glory  of  God 
in  Christ.  A  Church  without  love  !  What  could' you  augur 
of -a  Church  of  God  without  Faith,  or  a  Church  of  Christ 
•without  IIopc  ?  But  Love  is  a  higher. 'grace  than  either 
Faith  or  Hope,  and  its  absence  from  a  Church  is  just  the 
absence  of  the  vQry  life-blood  from  the  body. 

Our  first  duty,  therefore,  as  the  cliildri2n  of  God,  is  to 
send  forth  from  this  Council  our  greetings  of  love  to  the 
Churches  of  God  all  the  \vorld  over.  We  greet  them  in 
Christ,  and  rejoice  that  they  are  partakers  with  us  of  all  the 
grace  which  is -treasured  up  in  Ilim.  We  lay  down  to-day 
before  the  altar  of  the  Crucified  all  our  burdens  of  sin,  and 
ofi'er  our  prayers  for  the  Church  Militant  upon  earth.  What- 
ever may  be  their. aspect  towards  us  politicall}',  Ave  cannot, 
forget  that  they  rejoice  with  us  "  in  the  one  Lord,  tliQ  one 
Faith,  tbe  one  Baptism,  the.on«  God,  and  Fatlier  of  all,"  and 
we  wish  them  Godspeed  in  all  the  sacred jninistries  of  the 
Church.  N'othing  but  love  is  consonant  with  the  exhibition 
of.  Christ's  love  which  is  manifested  in  His  Church,  and  any 
note  of  man's  bitterness,  except  against  sin,  would  be  a  sound 
of  discord  .mingling  wi.th  the  sweet  harmonies  of  earth  and 
heaven.  We  rejoice  in  tJiis  golden  chord  which  binds  us  to- 
gether, in  Christ  our  Redeemer,  and  like  the  ladder  which 
Jacob  saw  in  visioil^with  the  angels  of  God  ascending  and  de- 
scending upon  it,  may  it  ever  be  the  channel  along  which 
shall  Hash  the  Christian  £creetin<::s  of  the  children  of  God. 


9 

But  while  we  send  forth -tliis' love  to  the  whole  Church 
militant  upou  earth,,  let.  us  not  forget  that  special  lt)ve  it? 
due  by  ns  towards  those  of  our  own  household.  To  us  have 
been  committed  the  fr'ea,surcs  of  the  Church,  and  those  of 
our  own  kindred  and  lineage,  who  have  sprung  from  our 
loins  both  naturally  and  spirituifUy,  who  are  now  united 
with  us  in  a  sacred  conflict  for  the  dearest  riirhts  of  man' 
ask  us  for  the  bread  of  life.  They  pray  us  fbi;  that  which 
wc  are  commanded  to  give,  the  Gospel  of  the  grace  of  God. 
They  put  in  no  cLaini  foi-  any  thing  worldly — for  any  thing 
alien  from  the  mission  of  the  Church.  Their  petition  is 
that  we  will  fulfil  the  vory  purpose  of  our  institution,  and 
give  them  the  means  of  grace-  Every  claim  Avhich  man 
can  have  upon  his  fellow-man  they  have  upon  us,  and  hav- ' 
ing  these  claims  they  ask  only  for  the  Church.  They  pray 
u^not  to  let  them  perish :'in  the  wilderness  ;  not  to  permit 
them  to  be  cut  oif  from  the  sweet  communion ,  of  the 
Church.  "'If,"  sa^'S  the  Apostle,  speaking  of  chrislian  piTO- 
fessors,  and  alluding  to  mere  earthly  things,  "  any  provide 
not  for  his  own,  and  espqcially  for  th<3m  of  his  own  House, 
he  hath  denied  the  faith',  and  is*  worse  than  aii  infidel;" 
what  shall  we  say  of  that  Church  which  shall  not  provide 
for  its  own  children  ?  How  can  it  hope  to  be  watered  itself 
with  gracious  rain  from  Heaven,  when  it  hoards  up  for  itself 
the  river  of  life,  which  is  ordained  to  flow  through  its 
channels  of  grace  ? 

Many  of  the  States  of  this  Confederacy  are  Missionary 
ground.  The  population  is'  sparse  and  scattered  ;  the  child- 
ren of  the  Church  are  few  and  far  between  ;  'the  Priests  of 
the  Lord  can  reach  them  only  after  great  labor  and  priva- 
tion. Hitherto  luis  their  Scanty  subsistence  been  eked  out 
from  the  commoi"w  t^-easlury  of  our  united  Church.  Cut  oft" 
from  that  recourse  by  our ' political  action,,  in  which  they 
have  heartily  acquiesced,  they  turn  to  us  and  pray  us  to  do 
at  least  as  much  for  them,  iis  we  have  been  accustpmed  to 
do  for  the  Church  from  which  theyliave  been  separated  by  a 
civil  necessity.  .  We  can  do  what  they  ask,  and  we  ought 


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cliecrfully  to  do  it.  Unless  wq  take  care  that  tlip  Gospel 
is  sent  to  these  isolated  children'  of  the  Church,  who  will 
heed  thpir  cry  ?  They  have  no  Church  to  cry  to,  l^ut  the 
ChiTi'ch  which  wo  now  i;cpresent,  and  they  cast^theniselvcs 
upon  us.ifi  iull  faith,  tluit  we  will  do  our  whole  duty  towards 
theln.  They  arc  one  with  us  in  faith,  in  care;,  in  suffering ; 
the}'  are  bearing  "like  evils  with  those  which  disturb  us,  and 
they  have'  no  woi*ship  to  cheer,  and  support  them,  no  Gos- 
pel to  preach  to  them  patience  and  loug-BufFering.  For 
Christ's  sake  they  pray  that  they  may  1)0  given. at  least  a 
Motlrer's  bosom  to  die  upon. ' 

A'^biccs  of  supplication. come  to  us  also  from  the  distant 
shores  of  Africa  and  the, East,  but  only  their  echo  r6acli,e_s 
us  from'  the  throne  of  grace.  The  policy '  of.  man  has  shut 
out  those  utterances  from  us.     How  it  can  help  their  ^usc 

•  to  separate -the  children  of  God  from  one  another,  lie  only 

*  knows,  l)ut  we  can  hear  them  when  we  kneel  in  prnyer,  and 
commune  with  theit*  Spii:its  through  the  Spirit  of  Christ, 
But  God  is  perchance  intending,  through  these  inscrutal^le 
measures,  to  shut  us  up  to  that  great  work  which  He  lias 
placed  at  our  very  doors,  and  which  is,  next  to  her  owii  ex- 
•pansion,"  the  Church's  greatest  work  in  these  .Confed(3ratc 
States.  The  religious  instruction  of  the  negroes  has  been 
thfust  upbn  us  in  such  a  wonderful  manner  that  we  must 
be  blind  liot  to  perceive  that  not  only  our  spiritual  but  our 
national  life  is  wrapped  up  in  their  welfare.  With  them  wo 
stand  or  fall,  and  God  will  not  permit-us  to  bo  separalcd  in 
interest  or  in  fortune. 

The  time  has  <5omo  wlien  the  <^hurch  sho"uld  press  more 
urgently  than  she  has  hitherto  done  upon  her  'laity,  the 
solemn  fact,  that  the  slaves  of  th^  South  are  not  morel}-  so 
much  i>rbperty,  but  aro  a  sacred  trust  committed  to  us,  as  a  • 
.  people,  to  be  prepared  for  the  work  which  God  may  have 
for  them  to  do,  in  the  future.  Y/hile  under  this  tutelage 
Ho  freely  gives  to  ns  their  labor,  but  expects  us  to  give  bade 
to  them  tliat  religious  and  moral  instruction  which  is  to 


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elevate  them  in  tho^  scale  oT'Heinq;.  Aud  .while  iucul- 
eating  this  truth,  t];ic . 'Church  must  offer  more-  freely 
her  ministratio^as  for  their  beiieiit  and  rmprovQment. 
Her  laity  .must  set  the  example  of  Teadincss  to  fulfil 
their  duty  tQwayds  -these  ..poop'le,  aud  her  clergy  must 
strip  thcmselws  of  prid-e  and  fastidiousness  aud  incloleuce, 
and  rush,  with  the  zeal  'of  martyrs, '  to  this  labor  of  love. 
Tlie  teachings  of  thb  Ctiureli  ai-e  those  which  best  suit  a 
people  passiug  front  ignorance  to  civilization,  because  \vhile 
it  rgpresses  all  fa-naticisifi,  if  fastdns  upon  the  memorrtbc 
great  facts  ol'oUf  religion,  and  throiTghitsol^'Cctivc  worship 
attracts  and  enchains  tliem.  So  far  from  relaxing,  in  their 
case,  thcf  forms  of  the  Church,  good  v/ill  bo  permanently 
done  to  tngm-jtisj;  in 'proportion  as  we  teach  them  through' 
*their  sensds  and  thcir.xiiFections.  .If  subjected  to-^ihe  teach- 
ings-of  a  baM  spiritualism,  they  will  find  food  for  their 
sohees  and  theii^.child-like  fancies  in  superstitious  observan- 
ces of  their  ownvlcaciing  too  often  to  Grime*  and  licentious- 
ness. *, 

It  is.lilccwise  the  duty  of  the  Church  to  press  upon  the 
masters  of  thoi  country  their  obligation,  as  Christian  men,  so 
to  arrange  tills  itistitution  as  not  to  necessitate  the  violation 
of  those  sacred  relntions  which  God  has  cre'ated  and  which 
man  cannot^  consistently  with  Cl^ristian  duty,  annul.  The 
systems  of  labor  whicli  prevail  in  Eijrope  and  which  are,  in  . 
many  rcspCcts,  iiiore  severe  than  ours,  are  so  arranged  as 
to  prevent  all  necessity  for  the  sei5aration  of  parents  aud 
cliildreh  i^nd  of  liusbAnds  and  wives,  ajid  a  very  little  care 
upon  our  part,  would  rid  the  system  upon,  which  we  are 
about  to  plant  our  national  life,  qf  these  unchristian  features.  '• 
It  belongs,  espocialJr,  to  the  Episcop;il  Church -to  urge  a 
propel*  teaching  upon  this  subject,  for  bi  her  fold  aud  in  her 
congregations  are  found  a  very  large  proportion  of  the  great 
slaveholders  of  the  country.  We  rejoice  to  be  enabled  to 
say  that  the  pdiblic  sentimvnt  is  rapidly  becoming,  sound 
ti[)ou  this  subject,  and  that  the  Legislatures  of  several  of 
ihc  Confederate  States' have  already  taken  steps  towards 


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.  this  consummation.  Hitherto  have  wc  been  hindered  by 
the  pressure  of  abolitionism;  now  that  we  have  thrown  olf 
from  us  that  hateful  and  infidel  pestilence,  we  should  prove 

-  to  thfe  world  that  we  are  faitlr^ul  to  our  trust  and  the  Church 
should  lead  the  hosts  of  tlie  Lord  in  this  work  of  justice  and 
of  mercy. 

jluothervduty,.  which,  for  the  pBCseut',  .devolves  upon 
the  Church,  is  an  oversight  of.the  children  of  God,  as  they 
lie  without  x'eligioii  a'nd  without  Christian  care  in  the  Camps 
and- hospitals  of  Oiir  G-overpnient.  Far  be  it  from  us  to  say 
that  there  has  been  no  Christian  supervision  of  our  soldiers, 
and  we  cheer&illy  concede  all  praise  and  thanks  to  those 
who  have  done  their  duty  through  danger  and  privation  ; 
but  we  must  affirm  that  there  is  still  a  great  laek.of  service 
on  the  Church's  part  in  this  connexion.  From  whatever 
cause  it  has  arisen,  whether  fram  the  scarcity  of  clergymen, 
or  from  unwillingness  to  bear  the  hardshifts  of  the. soldiers' 
life,  we  are  obliged'to  acknowledge  that- we  have  been  una- 
bl<3  to  find  men  who  were  willing  to  answer  this  call  and  to 
"  tal^e  tjieir  places,  not  as  soldiers  fighting  for  their  country, 
but  as  soldiers  fighting  for  the  victory  of  Christ  over  sin  and 
death.  In  the  opinion  of  the  House  of  Bishops,  no' position 
is  more  suited,  at  this  jnoment,  to  the  .true  spirit  of  Christ 
and  His  Church,  than  that  o£a  faithful  minister  of  the  grace 
of  God  and  of  the  Sacraments  of  the  Church  to  the  soldiers 
in  the  field,  or  in"»'the  hospital ;  and  we  would  urge  it  upon 
those  ministers  who  Imvebeen  exiled  frdm  their  parishes,  to 
enter  upon  this  work.'  as  their  present  duty,  trusting  for 
support  to  Hini  who  has  said,  "I  will  never  leave  thee  nor 
forsake  thee." 

The  most  striking'  deficiency  in  the  Church's  work  which 
we  perceive, in  looking  at  the  Church's  life,  is  a  lack  of  zeal 
in  spreading -the  influences  of  the  Church  through  her  ser- 
vices and  Sacraments.  Our  ministry  has  become  too  local 
and  sedentary,  too  well  satisfied  to  sit  dt>wn  and  do  tht 
work  which  it  has  undertaken  to  do,<  and  overlooking  the 


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fields  white  for  the  harvest  which  ai*e  spread  out  all  around 
them,  and  which  cannot  he  cultivated  save  through  their 
agency.  Every  well  estahlished  congregation  should  con- 
sider itself  as  a  centre  of  Missionary,  work,  and  should 
encourage  its  pastor  to  extend  his  uscfulnessjoeyofid  its  own 
limits,  and  whije  he  is  a  Triest  to' them,  to  he,  in  some  mea- 
sure a  Missioualy  to  all  ahout  hjm.  As  long  as- the  selfish 
idea  is  indulged,  that  a  minister  is  tied  down  to  a  local  con- 
gregation and  has  no  business  to  work  around  him,  the 
Church  must  languish  or  increase  but  slowly.  Missionaries 
cannot  be  furnished  forovery  village  and  neighborhood,  and 
they  must  remain  uncarcd  for  by  the  Church,  unless  the 
settled  clergy  will  make  up  their  minds  to  extencl  the  sphere 
of  their  operations  beyond  the  narrow  limits  of  thoir  own 
imtncdiato  cures. 

Another  deficiency  which  requires  aanendment, ,  is-  the 
little  spiritual  intercourse  .which  takes  place  ampng  the 
Clergy  in  their  work  for  the  Church.  Each  ftiau  works  in 
his  sphere,  but  for.  the  most  p^rt  he  gives  iijQ thing  to  'his 
brother  clprgynian,  and  receives  nothing  from  him  in . 
return.  "VV'hen  our  Lord  sent  forth  his  Apostles^  ILe  sent 
them  two  hy  tvvcT  for  th*e  evident  purpose  that  the}'  should 
support,  strengthen  and  comfort  each  other.  The  spirit  of 
this  action  is  very  much  overlooked  in  the  Church,  and  the 
Clergy  are  weakened  by  it.  Whije  the  House  of  Bishops 
^vould  not -specify  any  mo.de  by  which  this  defect  should  be 
remedied,  it  would  recommend  to  the  Clergy  ii  more  free, 
spiritual  intercourse,  a  m6re  frequent  interchange  of  clerical 
seryices,  greater  communion  in  prayer  and  in  counsel. 
Many  a  despondent  heart  would  thus  be  cheered,  and  many 
a  weak  brother  would  be  comforted  and  streno'thened.    * 

Another  deficiency  which  requires  amendment,  is  the 
little  spiiHtual  help  whioli  .is  given  to  the  Clergy  by  the- 
Laity.  We- have  no  refereijce  now  to  the  temporal  support 
of  the  Clergy,  although  we  might  well  dwell  upon  that,'bu1i 
to  the  spiritual  lielp  which  a  Clu'istian  Laity  r^ight  give  to 
the  Clergy.     In  reading  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles,  we  find 


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many  illustrations  of  this  triitb,  and  wo  pevceivC  how  tlio 
greatest  of  the  Apostles  was  not  above  the  help  of  his  yoke- 
fellows in  the  Gospel.  There  are  iiiany  ways  in  which 
spititual  and  earnest  Laym<3n  can  help  their  Clergy  in  tlie 
work  of  the  Church,-  and  under  their  guidance  and  direc- 
tion, can  boconTe  valuable-  Missionaries'  of  'Christ,  even 
while  unordained.  It  requires  sacrifice  and  sqlf-denial, 
but  we  must  all  remember  that  we  are  not  our  own,  but 
are  bought  v,nth  a  price, 'and  jjciong-to  Christ,  body,  soul 
and  spirit,  '  ' 

But  over  and  above  all  these  special  deficiencies,  looms 
up  that  greatest  of  all  deficiencies, 'the  lack  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  in  and  v/ith  our  Churches.  Because  of  the  degree'to 
which  spiritual  influences  have  been  abused  in  our  land,  we 
have  been  tempted  to  run  into  the  other  •  extreme,  and  to- 
forget  that  we.  are  livitig  under  what 'the  Apostle  calW  the  ■ 
dispensation  of  the  Spirit,  rTrid  that  th e' Church's  v>^ork  must 
derive  all  its  power  fromJIis  presence.  .Our  danger  is  to 
merge  the  Holy  Ghost  into  the  means^of  grace,  and  over- 
look the  important  fact  that  He  is  a  personal  agent,  acting  in- 
deed through  those  means,  but  not  necessarily  tied  to  them.. 
Our  Saviour  said  :  "The  wind  blo^veth  where  it  listeth,  and 
thou  hearest  the  sound  thereof,  but  canst  not  tell  whence 
it  Cometh  or  whither  it  goeth,  so  is  every  one  that  is  born  of 
the  Spirit."  And  as  with  the  individual,  so  with  the 
Church.  The  Holy.  Spirit  will  be  in  the  Ohurch,  if  His 
presence  is  kept  there  by  an  acknowledgement  of  His  power, 
by  a  sense  ofllis  necessit}-','  by  a  constant  prayer  for  His  pre- 
sence-; but  the  addresses  to  the  Churches  in  Asia  Minor 
instruct  us  to  he  watchful  over  ourselves,  an-d  to  hold  fast 
by  Jlim,  who  is  the  representative  of  Christ  upon  earth,, 
while  He  is.  interceding  and  advocating  for  us  in  Heaven. 
Let  the  Church  and  her>  Ministers  always  bear  in  mind, 
that  the  growth  of  the  Churchy  ftudthe  vitality  of  the 
Church  are  "not  by  might,  nor  by  power,  but  by  my  Spirit," 
saith  the  Lord. 

Aud  now  i^  only  remains  for  us  to  bid  you,  one   and  all, 


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an  a-fFecti'ouate  farcwQll.  "We  caunot  but  remember  that 
when  we  last  separated  from  you,  there  stood  among  us  two 
venerated  brethren,  dearly  beloved  ni  the  Lord,  who  have 
shico  entered  into  thi^ir  rest.  When  we  parted  we  knew  it 
must  be  so,  but  we  could  not  foresee  where  the  hand  of 
Death  would  foil.  Aiid  now  again  wo  Icnow,  that  separa- 
ting once  more  for  the  like  space  of  time,  we  shall  not  all. 
meet  again.  Whose  shall  be  the  summons  ?  WtjU  for  -us 
that  the  curtain  of  God'g  providence  hides  tiiis  knowledge 
from  us,  teaching  us  the  lesson  of  Christian  truth,  that  we 
must  Till  watch  and  be  sober,  because  we' know  neither  the 
daj  nor  the  hour  when  the  Son  of  Mahoometh.  I*^Iay  God's 
gracious  Providence  guide  you  in  safety  to  your  honied,  and 
preserve  them  from  the  desolations  of  war.  And  should 
we  not  be  pei-mitted  to  battle  together  f|,ny.more  for* Christ 
in  the  Church  militant,  may  we  be  deemed  wor.thy  to-be 
members  of  the  Gliurch  triumphant,  where  with  prophets, 
apostles,  martyr^',' saints  aviti  augelg,  we  may  ascribe  honor 
and  glory,  dominion  and  praise  to  Him  that  sitteth  upon 
the  Thrr)ne,  ancl  to  the  Lamb,  forever! 


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TITLE  I.^'Of  CANijiDAtESHii'  A^i'D  Ordin-ations  . . , .•'....   0 

TITLJ^]  IL^— General  IvEuulations  of  Mj:;vIst|;rc; 

AND  T;rEIR.IfL"TIES.«  .  .* 4  ., 21    ^ 

TITI^K  HI.— Oi'  Disp€PlJNE. ,. . .! ."".  .:...,:..■ .37  •  i 


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TITLE  I\'.— j3f  the  OsdANiZED  Bodies  and  Officers 
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•  DIGEST  OF  THE  ca:n"o:n'S/  ;    V 

TITLE   I. — ©r     CIVKIJIDATESHII'    and    OEDIXitTIONS ^.  .  .-.  V  .  .  .     9 

CanoxJ.*— 0/'  i/i'J  Eficlc'siasiical  Authoridf *..:.■...;.•   9 

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C.wNux  11.— Of  the  Admfssion  of  P^fsons  as  Cfindidafes  for. , Deacons'  .    . 

.  »  f  *    Orders..  .!.,.../........• ../.......• 9- 

•  ^  1.  ^otice  of  fntcntion:,. » , 9 

>^  2.  CertiQeate  ..'. -  .". .  9 

,§  o.  Admission  and  Record '•*•••. • ^^ 

§  4.  Refusal  to  a'dmit.. . . .  ...•....*.,......• : ._.  IW. 

§  5.  Application  by*  a  Minister  of  ^ny  Denomination ^ 10 

1^  G.  By  oiy;  not  a  citizen » .* * ^ . .' 11 

,  *  And  to  (Officiate  in  a  Foretgn  Languagb , 11 

Cax.v:  III. — Of  admitted  Candidates  'for  Deacons^  Orders. '12 

§  1.  Supervision  of  Candidates * ,..'.♦ 1 2 

vS  2.  Habit  of  DevotJon •. — 1- 

§  o.  Lay  ReatTers ..." ; . . , I  - 

^  4.  Not  eli.(;ib1c  to  General  Conncil » 12 

§  5.  Transfer  to  other  Dioceses •. .^. 12 

^  I}.  Cmi.se  of  Transfer •  ' . .  a  ^ .' J3 

,     C.\xo.v  IVe — Generai  tProvisions  and  Requisilek  for  J)rdinatiofi  * . . . .  v.; 

§  1.  E'rc^ions  application,  and  notice  of  rejection Kl 

6*2.  Ase  for  Ordination* ._ , *. :    13 

*■     •     ti;  '^.  Gjyidiaates  from  ViyjAnt  Dioceses l;j 

'  *^  4.  TodOfficiate  beyond'jlfy  Confedeijite  States ,. *i:} 

.       §  5.  Times  •f  Ordination. .  t ... .  .*.^ * .* '11 

C.vN'OK«\'* — ExaminoXions  and  Tesdmonials  for  Peacons^  Or(}eh  and    . 

•  ,  •    •       Ordination ^ .*»..*.* .♦ 1^^ 

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•        t§  >.  Examination ". * • 11 

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Vlii  '        TAELEO*F    CONTENTS.  .        * 

TITLE  I.' — Of  Candidateship  and»Ordixations  (Goniinucd.) 

* 
CANON  Y, — Examv)m.tions  and   TestimojWils  for   Dehcons'  Orders 
*    •  •*and .Ordination {co7itimi€d.)  ' 

§  3.  Period  of  Candidatt'sbip,  and   TestiinDnia^F?  from   Standing 

Committee '. , * ^. . .   14, 

§  4..  Testimonials  to  Standing  Committee,  and  frpm  a  Presbyter. .   15  "  , 

6  5.  Substitute  Testimonials " •• •  15 

,         §  C.  panoidates  from  olher»Denoiaainatfons . .  ^ ^ 15 

#  •  *        ^  7.*  Candidates, from  other  Countries 10 

^  Gaxox  VI. —  Of  JDeacona'. . .,. ...;....  ^... ' i-e  * 

^1. Cojtitrol  of  Deacons . . ., .• IG 

^  2.  t^^onditions ^f, Officiating '.•,,.% ».  -I^^  * 

§  8.  Transfer > -. '...:.:  ■....?'  16  * 

Can  ox  '\li^.— Ordination  tQ,  the  l^riesihood .'.■....... i  g 

*  ,  ^•*  *  »     «    §  1-  Beacon  proceeding  to  Priests*  Orders., ~.    ..'... IG 

■     ■  §  2.  E.^aminations.  .,....* '. <  17  ^  . 

§  ^.  Dispensations .». ? '.-.  17 

§  4.  Where  therj^'  is  no  Bifihop. .  .  .  .- t .  .•  .f «.«...  1''^ 

^  5.  Teatimomahs.* .\  .....*.*....  i  ».,....♦....  v  •  •  18 

*  <§>  C.  Substitute  Testinioniifls . . .  : .  .^  .  .• r iSJ 

Canox  Wxl.-^Gfthe  Admission  of'Jlinisters  Ordained  dy  Jjishops  not 
.    .     .         '  in  (^omniifiiion  icith  this  Church.  •........;.  ,•.«. . .  19 

CANOJ^  IX. — "Of  Ministers  PrddHned  ih  Foi'eig^i  Coilntries  by  Bisli- 

*         op%  in  Conwfunion  with  this  Oynrch , . .  v .  , . .  19 

.  .  .  » 

TITLE  II. — (xeneral   Regulations   of  .Minj.steks,  and-  their 

Duties : *.  •. •. 21 

CANON  I.^*^27ic  Consent  necessary  for  Oj^iciating 21 

CANON  U.-^General  llegi^latimis  of  Ministers. .  .^  . .  ■. 21 

,  §  1.  Election,. .•...: • , 21 

Acd  Institution. ..,.-., ..:....•....* 22 

§  2.  Certificate  to  JliuLsfer  removingfrom  one  Dft)ce.=e  t^  another.  22 

' ,         •  §  3.  Alms  at  CommunioTH, .»^! '. *  ., J. .  22 

^  -1.  Duty  of  Ministers  abofit  Confirmations,  and  aboiij;  tfie  slate  of 

*    ,  the  Congregation.  J  ^. .  .^ ■; 22 

♦     *  •        ♦  And  for  the  D;oce^an  Council .- • 23 

^.  §  5.  Pfirish  Register,  and  TJsfrof  Families .' .♦ ,  . . .   i'J" 

%      §  6.  Officiating  of  Ministers  in  the  Clares  of  others.  .*. ^3 

•  Neslect.oi;  I^Iiaisters  to  Officiate ..,..*..* . .  .*.  23 


•  •  • 

r  A  i;  L  K  o  F  c  o  \  T  i:  \  t  •'.  .i:x 

TITLE  J^. —  UivXKK.vr.  liEcur.ATioxs  of  ;}.IlNi.>T!;R.-!,  kC:  {C0l>/i/iHCd.) 

,          •             •    '     f      •                                         •    .        '  .        •  '■'^<-'* 

•  ,  ^  I .  ricriciil  iriMulciH-c, ......*..  2'.'> 

ii  r  I        Letters  r>iiiii.ssoiy .    .1 ,....,....,...  ? 21 

Kcccption .*..«...^ .* : *...•...    ..  21; 

^fiClkTs  niuiiss^iy.  av^icii  Ji'.>t  rrfinircd • 2i 

•     .      ^  >  ■-.  /VNinijicr  wlu-n  i.'Ulol '. ' •_>.-, 

^A\()\   liI.,t?:^/7;/MoiV->.^.' 

^  1 .  KU'ClUtii  of  rVisliuji  ....,..'.,    4.  ...  : 2.7 

>j>  'J.  Prpce.^s  foi*Cvii^i'cnftiuii  .'* 2") 

ri'?tjiiu>ijj\-  from.  I)ii>cc.-;aii»Ci>iiiu-il .' , 2"> 

,     Au<HVo!u  Skini'ing  ^-(imliiiU^cs '....., *..  2(;    ' 

*  Wuu^entof  Sii.-ihopV. . .' * %. 2i;' 

•,  •   < 'tii^si-cnition  ofl)^ii.i])  clrcicd  uiljim  )lin.'(,'4;iouth'-j  of  Goii^j 

•  cnvl  Coifiicil i^t ? , . .'  ■_'(; 

riaco  of  Coiisoofailuii.... . .  .^  .,• •  ^  '><; 

5;'--i=' : -■■>■■■ : ...:..::.•::.:.■  i.^ 

>  t.  .VsistantlJisli-.ii^ ,. • *. .  2<5 

^  .  Nu  SiifVVg.cjaiVi ^  . .  .■4.  ^ ". .  .^t. . ." .27 

•                              ^   ,5,  Ki)i.-ei<ii:il  Vi:<Uati»in>. .  .• •...%........•;.■..          «  ■'",' 

\  ,  .  AiKl  ]{e.<i.lo!ic(« /.  .••  .  .f . .  ,.  . ...  r. .  .•  .•  . 

-    <:.  mi-jliops  absent  i'of  a  time..  , ^ l.>7 

I          .              .7.  Ft^'iiisofi'AycraiidTimnk.^ivingforc.xtiiiorilinaryoccasidiiis  27 

>    s.  T'lpisccital  Acts  in  Vacant  Dio^'oso*.,* r^  .n 2.s 


o    '.'.  J)()ino?tic  Missiouarv  Hi.-^lKin.-! .  '?s 

*    .  ;      .  ;v;     *4 2S 


•    .Modo  and  Kviiiem-o  of  KlrctiDii.*.  #> ^ »  ' 


iiirisiufilioii %  .  .t .• ''8 

•  »i\cancy... , ....^...f. \. .  A  .  2.s 

';ii,i;i!)!('  a.<  L'utfi".<a« ,, ...    .  2^i 

."•'a\i.1m>o;ut  S^uuling  Comiii^tri?. .  .V ., *. . .  29 

'iioi)oft  to  (o'ueifaVCoiinc-n". _.....*. ♦.^ 2!« 

-\J :  .  !''i'ri'i,iAii,."\Jis^uinar^  Iji.slidj's 2y. 

Ivtiji-'iico  of  ifk'ulion!  . ^. .  ^  .  .9. . ^.  .* .-!.•• 

•  '     .liin^di^1ion..«.  .^ . . .    ,...,....-.«•. •. *.  2;> 

%^  -Miiy  Ordain.  !\iiji  wiiat  Tt*liirionial.s,^)i;jpt*isatio!is.  ami  llr- 

%     ^^yctidns .^.' *.,.... '. ...  :;i) 

•    J*     .fnn.sdic<^uu  (4Vfr  llo.^idciit;  Clurs;ynivn«. . .'.» *  3o 

f     0     '  ."^taudinu,'  Ccnwuiltco ;;o 

•  ^i'i'iior4>ii!  (i'(MU'ral  (''(inncil [m 

,        -•'    111)  l)iocL'S(;*Nvitl;(in^a  iJishop  place.l  undur  oliarjc  of  auutlK-T    * 

J         No  olhei"  .iJisluip  '<>  <  )liiciat('  thfrt-^'.iirin';  sticli'cliar;re ..'.....  ;t I 

%t       1..     T  '  1  1>       •  ,•  •  • 

~         I  _'.     iMII.'fl^.dDIll   l'(>ST'!l!l!ll)IlS-  .  1  .  .  .  .  "il 


I-.  KpLscopal  j^Josiirnations 

lOllSf  of  J*.!s]lOp^(j^iCC0l*t  'U'  VlIiI-''.. 


..  :U 


« 


« 


X  •    TALLE    or    C:^NTEKX.<.  • 

TITLK  ir.r-Gi:NERAL  Regulation;?  of  ]\[INr^^TE]^-^  kc.  (  Coitfinacd.) 


L'..\  X0\  1  W.—  df  Jl!.<]tnn.-i  \C<)i,lii}iu'(l.) 


1 


,       "^  o.- — {Cbntii^ued.)       ~  •         .      '    •  «  fagk^ 

*    ,         ,  -         If  tluriiig  roct'!-s  of.  (Jeiipral  Ctniucil ■ ;  •>! 

*     ,  ^lesignu'd  Bishop  eligible  to  no  Dioceso. . .  .1 • •'"-» 

«      t.  '     *  IJisIiops  wltliout  Cluwge  siil)ject  to  (Jlencral  Council . •'"'•i 

,        Ucsiguation  of  Suepeii(l«<l  Bislioi).  ...'.* '•'4  « 

CA  NOX  IV.— O/'  a  Lid  of  Ou'  Jllnisfcr.-;  <>/'  iJn's  CJiirrcfi.  .  '.  . .'.  ^.  .  3:; 

(>.  ].  .Si'ci'otai-y  of  House  of  J)r')in"tii'.s  to  kccji  a'-iLrgisJoi- :;:> 

♦  *^  2.  Adiuis^ioii  of  Miuistois  to  l)i'  nolilicd '■'■< 

('AX OX  'V. —  (>/'  (he  jilodeof  SecuruKj  an  'A'-carale  I'lcn-  of  the  s/al.' 

,   •  '  ,  of  the  CJiur.cli .* , ^  •  •  -  :;:; 

«  *'      •  •* 

^  1, *StateHiont  in  Parocliial  Ueiioils > A    ':;;', 

•  «         (^OEg-ynii'n  not  setlk'U'to  report  ^^lM•vicl■..! f' 34 

»i^  2.  Bi:^li0j)"s  Addre^- ■• •• 3-f 

-^  ;!.  ]>uty  of  Diocesan  Socretavies • •. .  34 

Conunitteo  on  XW  State  of  llie  ClmrL-b 31 

Pastoral  Letter : _ ' 31 

♦  ■^i  -I.  Condensed  ■lRep(;jX't  IVom  oaeli  Dioeeso .^ . .  31 

*  ■♦  ■  . 

(■.\  XOX  VI. —  Of  (he  mode  of  puLli^luirfj  Atif}iori.Z('d  fjition.^  'f  Uie 

.    '  Slandard Mlhle  <f\lhis  <  'hnrrh .  .*.• ; •  ^r> 

i'.\\i)y,f\'U.^Of  2J(djUs]tin'j'j-Jdi/.'o,is    <f    IJic    ]ln,,f  <f    (nininoi, 

rroiirr .  . ; .  • '.  ^ .p 

It  ^■■ 

CAXOX   \]U.—f)f  I'arnrhud/ny{rn.rf;,,i> ' t'.c, 

'       ■  '      ♦ 

TITJ.E'  IIL— Of  Disciplixf ; . . : ; :;: 

,  ,  ♦  '    '.  ^ 

( 'AXOX,  1. —  Of  Av^aabdUii,  and'Q(/'ences fo)-  irhirh.  a  Jfiitidcr  luaij 

he  Tried  and  FunisJicd. . .' ." ;i7 

^  »J .  To  wliou)  Ministers  amenable.. ..',.; .' rSl" 

v^  2.  Prtuishable  Otfenoes ^J.  37 

.  ^  3,  Liability  of  Clergymen  presenting  foV  <  )rdiiialion 37 

'«  >^  4.  Proceeding  on  public  rumour.. '. . .  .• 37 

4 

«A\XOX  II. —  2'rial  of  Freahfers  and    Deacons  uiulu-   J[i.-'.-<i<>iiary 

Jurladd'dloa , i i .....  .*. 3,s 

§  L  Presentment .* ". 3S 

•  ,     '  ♦  §•2.  Trials.''.  ....\. ^^ 38 

•    .S  3.  The  Court '. ...,...'. * * ...   39 

§  -1.  The  Sentence.- .'.*• .' .'.!.-. ^0 


iMTLM   irr.— Or   i)iHOirLi.\E  {CB)>fh'n^r</.) 


\V(>\    ji 


-(}!'  'u  ^'h'rtj]^mni9  in   one  JtiOrr^r  ,,,•  ^li-i^innnni  />i^- 
IrJcl  [Jiarfj^ciJtjM  iri(h  Ml^di'mcoiwr  in  ainifJiry :;<:i 

_  v)  l.^Oftcnae  couimiltrtriii  ;i  <lifter*'nt  Diocosi' :'.;> 

•vj  2.  liishoy  iiKiv.uilmonisli,  &c ......  ^:. .:..  .* 

Cj  :>.  Case  i4"  tn<*rgyiiuMi^)r(liiincil4a  Fori-ij^iuCoimtrif^. 


. . . .  4() 


C.WOX    l-V.— f>/"  j.'i'nnnrialloli  (]f'lh>;  j^^yiUlnj ' io 

v>  I.  'WlifriMii)  i)j;uCft*'nn.i,' i-^  ;"'"'1"UV'-'. .'...  ^^i 

^  '1.  .'^u^}Jl•ni^l)n  of  itctnm .' : 10 

,C)  :i. 'Where  liability 4y  I'l'tycn^mriV. . . .  ,.*. ^ ,'. .  \\ 

i>   \g  XdliuO  iif-DcpOsiiinH..^ ',  .  . 11 

K'A  N  I)  N    \  .   ~Ol^  l!ir  .U)an<lnnii\i'nl%i'  the,  (Anniuirniou  ,,/'  /,ii.<  ( 'li  urrh 

/)//  ti  J'iy:<hi/fi'r  <>r*/h^aci>n  ...*...*. > 41 

^  I.^AliiUi^tnini'Mil  wii.lumt  KcnutlciiiliDn ■...•...*.,.  U 

'  C<'r.li!ic!*'t-- •. ".  ^ ^ * n 


Notice, 


41 


>  "-'.  l)>'it()sitiiin. 
l'ro\  isd..  . . 


t'A.N'ON    \\.      (i/'  'I  ff''ri'/i/iiimi  nb.^f'nlinij  </iitii.-'V/'   I'nnn  lii.<  J.)io(:r.<^.   j^ 

,  '*  *  '       * 

!'  \\'r)\  Vll  — Ol'Vi-  Ah'a^<J<)nh)''nt  <>f  ^ic  Cnnnnimion  i>l'  llir  i'/nnvh     ' 

•    ■       ;>•  7  •'  ••' 

III/  (I  i,t.<:/io/'. .  .  I  .  .  ., T ■ 12 

\*      *      '  **.       y» 

.  •   \\0  \      \-  i  I  V,..._r>'   //„.    Tmd    Vl',    ■r*ffi.<hn, ^ ,.; 


sN  1.  oiVrncA.." 

>^  •.rifriiRrj.'eyiii  \Vritin;'.    . 

*ictioii  nil  rynioiiv^ 

r,;i|-  Ailvocatjf .«:, 

.     <^  o'^CHartri's  tn'vplioin  (Icuvii"!. 
«^  4.  ]{oai(l  of'lufiuiry.V 

ITow  coiL^citutcil*. 

N'ot(c<'  to  Mombcr- 


4:?'     • 

4;; 

If 


li 


1  lace  i<r  ^feelinir 

*°     m 
'  '"I'.V  k>l'  ''har;;e3. ."........«.. 

Orijiiiii/.iilioii : .,_ ,  _ 

Sit  tillers  I'riviile 

Duty  iff  tl)i'l?..:in4 

T-ii^w  oi»  T'Tirh»iiio. .  .Pik r . 

rresi-nti:ie;i ' .' .^ •    . . * •....*. 

'""  •.vlioin  t'l  111)  s'^iii 


4.-. 


•    * 


..     ,  .     •  •  •      •  . 

XU  ,       •  "      TAKLE    OV    CONTENTS.*    •  «  .  ■    , 

TITLE  III.— Of  ])isciPLiNE  (Con^^/i?^5(/). 

OA>vOX  \lU.—Of  ikt:  Trial  vf  a  Bishop  {Co nUiwul.)      . 

^  ^4.. — {C'onilnimi.)  Va«3b. 

RefusaV  to  Present*. *  .  .         *. . .  4C> 

Bar  to  future'-Prcsen^iuent.!,  .....' 4G 

Exception ....," <C< 

Limitaflon  of  Tim« . >; 

§  .").  Notices  on  I'rosenluidu : •;•;  . 

•    To  Accused '   -.  <>j 

Aa«]  to  Chie^'ch  Advocate •!  f'- 

•  ,      *•     •          .Formation  pf  Court. .  / '...._. ^. . .  4(i 

»•         Notice  to  Members  of  Coiii-t. . .  ■.• ..'.-..? 47 

Summons  to  Accvised  and  to  Witnesses. .'....  .^ 47 

^  §  f!.  Course  of  proceecUng- ._ A7 

•  ,                              President  and  Clerl-; 47 

Call  to  plead ;■....'..... •. < .•.  4S 

NouTAppearance  of^Vccu^ed ■!  . . .  •J.'^ 

Common  LaAv  the  rule . . . ." -IS 

,'     "     .           Declaration  of  Witness ; is 

t             Depo^^ition  of  W'itues.^os ■.  -J^ 

Comraissary i. , 49  ^ 

\  m                       Cross-Examinatlon .40 

•Service  of  Notices.  Papers  and  Cerdincaie ■. 10 

•                                Accused  may  have  Counsel 49 

,  Counsel  miist  bo  Cominuaieaiits .' '.  . .  .  AG    . 

©pinion  of  Cottrt ."/U 

4                  1  )ecision .",0 

•   ■                      Accused  to  be  beard.. ." ji) 

.New  Trial ^t .  .\ ! .■>() 

'    ,                    Sentence '..'..  i ' .'>i» 

Record •:' :>} 

'Exceptions.. .' : ,. .# r,] 

How  kept  and  attested '.....'.» '>] 

,                                     Lay  Advisers „ ■. :,l 

vS  7.  Presentment  for  Erroneous  Dot; trine t '. . .  -H 

•  ^                   »          To  whom  addressed .  .y .'rj, 

Court - ' : .....; .■.2 

^  .S.  Charges  against  Missionary  Bishop.  .V • ^. . .    '»2 

»     And  Bishop  without  Jurisdiction '. !.'....  •')2 

Mode  of  Trying f .  .  .* * **....  ^. ..  .^  ...  '")2 

Canon,  IX. — Of.  Setitcnces •  •  •  •, ^■^' . 

§  1.  Suspension. %  .^ ? i>?> 

*      §  2.  Degradation. . . ." k .i>'-> 


^  No  restoration. 


Noti 


1"  A  ;;  r.  i:  ok  <■  o  \  t  k'x  t  <.  iii 

'  ■  I'AOK. 

Canon  X— ^O/"  Ranisglon.  r,r  ^Todijh.atiofi  of  JfJu'^ud   Scntt.nr.es 

on  Billions 1 !   .-,?, 

t  _  •     . 

€ano.v  XI. — JlcgaldUoiTS  K^sprcUn'g  ch<-  Lai/ if..' ; ;,/ 

.  c>  l.  Removal  ».)f  Coramu^CRiUs Vw 

0.  1.  Bif^bop-lo  bo  inlorittei) .    '. .  .  .^. ; .- .'n' '  • 

>.-  :;.  J.i.y  noaa<.■l•^  .  .  M 

TITLE  IV, — Ctf  Tl!)5  0!ir,A\l/Ci:ii'l>ol>l»-   .».V1>  Ol'ltrKll>:  OF  TUi:  •         • 

CiirRfi-i?;..! ...^ "■ ". .  .f. .  : .  ;iH 

»  ..'  •  •      • 

•  Cai^o:j  I. — Of  the  General  Coiuu:'d:\ . .' *. » :,:> 


^  1.'  Special  Mcniu^ " v .•. , 


;»o 


*  Place.:* , ..' ^.^.r..\......\.......*.  5i> 

Deputies         '  ..:...» .....*-..*..., *. i.> 

•       '     ^2.  Rogistrui !..^...  ?......,......  .;.••.., 5.) 

'        His  Dutie.?.. .">."» 

^  :i..Nolico  to  Di<.M;t_:sau  Cuufic^I^  ...".■ ."» 

^  4.  Treasurer., .• •      . . .  *.  fZ.<. .  .J./. 'jt» 

0  ."i.  Erj>onj.is  <)^G<Mier»l  O'onrnMl.. . ., "  .      .* .V> 

,  ••  •  •  *  * 

'  \. ; '.   !  r. — Of  SUmdins  Comriiittecs'..  ■  ^» .")7 

.  • "  •    •         •        v  . 

>  ].  iHiiies  ami  OtfiftCTS. .  , •  .  ., .>7 

,     vj  2.  C'Juncil  of  Advice  ii  ?'.fjln.';>. . .  ^. . .  .*, ....  :>' 

;  \>  \  '\][.-~rOf  Con^rrga'f.ia/i.'i  o^nd  PdrisJies • >....;...  .",7 

•\*)t  to  unit*'  v,-iili'  fliiirfl)  in  a-iuihei-  I)i>iC'"^'' • .  .  .    .  .">7 


'lilTLK  \'.— •MlSCi:LLi.i\KOU!<  I'novi.siox.'? : ,  .  t  .  .A.  .  .  .'.   .kS 

»  •  •         • 

^  -iXON  I. — Of  Jlepeoded\Ca)ion$:  m ^ ^ •. *. .  . .  %^ 

Repeal  of  ^opea,!  not  re-enac^ ♦ 58 

' ' i\<-^\  If. — OfVce  Repeal,  Arjvcndment  and* JCnoxli'icnt  of  Ca/i/jjj.s.  as 
*  ^orm  of  alU  rin;^  Canon-i * '■  ••m ■ ^^ 

<"]j;iri^..'S  10  lit'  Vorfiric''.  by  *Iiom *.....' 5:1 


•'      • 


"'^'STrrr^' 


•     • 


•    •    '       \ 


,:i\.       ^1-     .;>r    r;,^^>t-/;,  \  ^^  — .  .    ^    ., 


V 


CONSTITUTION. 


y.  •        i 

•  ^«  Article  l;t|iBJiiiiilGShftj'ob,  ivuii;,hii|'.tlxef  uamo.-  -^Prote^-^  ^^^"^^ 
•taiitEpiscopal,"' 'slifti]  he  ^  'le  "'FPvOtestant  Epis-*  . 

co'i'AL  CiiUiicii  IN  Till']  <.'  :  States  OP  America.'*  *       • 

AiiTit  LE  11.  There  sliall  bo  in  this  Church  a  Geneml   '•-■■■i  i-^ 
1    Council.     There' 171  ny  he  ;i->o  "i'roviuoial^>Goniuil- :md  ^i- 
CWB8IJJ1  Couiiciis.  >  ;..v    ,  •«♦.!>• 

'  A.itTicLE  Ul.  Tlic  General  ('ouiicil'of  this  CJnurch  stiftU   GcucmKjouacif. 
meet  on  the  >^'econcl  Wednesday  ill  November,  in  the  3'ety.' * 

•  (If  our  Lord  one  thousand. eight  hundred  artd  sixty-two,  nit 

•  Ant^'-iK+n..  Georgia,  and, on  the  same  dayin  every  third  year 

'    ti  .  af'auch  piac.o  a8   shall  t)C  dctermiiiGij   by  the   • 

C.oiiiici;.  .       ')    '  .*■     .  -  '.'      "'.*,"•   *' .^'        *.  ' 

•    111  case  Iheri'  .sliall  Hd  an  epid"(?miG  tlis^aee, «»  oliiergood     •      ••  • 
eausc,  to  render  it  necessary  to  alter  tlie  j^flcfe  upjxjinted  *  ♦.     * 
•  tor  'sn-eh  meeting,   the  I'residing- Bishop   may  d«*si!^ij!itil 
,  ii^iothcji; -eonvenient  place. ib-r  tli^  holdii;g' of.BHcL  XtMuncii, 
^ttd  gpdbiial  meetings  ruaj*  be  eallfed-  at  otilci;^  twftcs^-ijt'th^ 
niannev  hemiftcr  to  bo  determined.-       *  '!  *,  '1  f  g*  '  •"'•  *  "• , 

"The^  Greneral  Counci]   tihnll  eouBist  ot'  W<j>T^it^ct-^tlie  •       .  '    . 
House  of  Bishops  and  the  lionse.oli'-l)epittfc#.''  *   '^*        t 

The  Houscf  of  Bishops  t^liall  IjO  4i^V<^tl'0f  Jiiittlje.Bi^lv 
^  ops  A^f  this  Church  having  jiu'iptliytiqm  Vitjjaji/tht?  ^'<ofnfQcl- • 
elfaft,Stn,tes^o*r  the  Territori'(?s  th^rboj^^.      ■•*,'?•.'     •  •   *•• 

EaolrDiocose  shall  be  entitled  'to  an'equul  repi-a-entaticni,  *.      .J  • 
clerical  .and  fay,  in  the  House  of  >Bepti ties.    '  S^iDQh  ],*(kire%?n-  *  • 
t|iti»n  shall.  consiBt"  of*  not  raor^'thau  throij  Clerg;j-»ie«,  And  • 

tliree  laymen  xiommuiiicagts'in  this  i^hurch/.  V'sidenl:  in*" 
tJke  Diocese/  and  ftlbqted  hf  t\(f^imcil  tiiefegf.     '  .    ••  •'•^  * 

Before  they  shall' p^dooeeffH  busiuDS*,  jn^iojorTty  of  flie 
Dio<;esei,  whicW'^j^airiiave  '6cy)i>t^l  this  Cont?tit^tion,,diaH        • 
berf-e^Y'^seilted.  i^  tlio''Cbuivil.     TIk?  rejifoeentalioi'iS  fsofti- 
two  ]3ioftesGs«t>hall*be*"8ufiicien't  to  adjourn.  '    '  .'      •     i 

In*,  all  l)rfsi»csspf  th«  Conn  oil.  freedom,  of  debate  •Ihall 
^)^  alkwec^..    .       •         •\    '  •      t      - 

''..•■••• 


coMtitg|j»%.  f  ^  .J^j^ljl'lftiiefef  shair-ha'we»a  *ig&t  to^'oHginato  fitsts ;  •and, 

•^*■'■~^'*— ^  .  when  any  act  sliall  have  been  passed  in  either  House,  it  shall 

^      'i  *•     he  transmitted  to  the  other  llouse  for  its  consideration.    -No 

.,     '•  %     act  shall  have  the  operation  of  law,  unless  concurred. in  aad 

authenticated  by  both  Uouses.  '  .  ■       '* 

•  When  any  proposed  act  shall  have  passed  the  House  of 
»       •  .        Deputies,  and  shall  be  negatived  by  the  Ilouse  of  Bishops, 

•  ,  /he  ] louse  of  Bishops  shall,  when  requested  by  the  House 

•  '     •  bf  Deputies,  signify  to   it  in  writing  the  reasons  for  non- 

•  ■•    concurrence,  within  tjii'ce  da;t<i  after  auch  request  shall  havx- 
'      1)een  made.  ^        '•»"*     '.    '.*        '•.♦•     •*  *  "       .  •  *  . 

In  all  questions,  when  recjuired  by  the  clerical  or  lay  r^-» 
.     presentation  from   any  Diocese,  each  order  shall  have  on^ 

•  *    vote,  and  the  majority  of  suffrages  by  Dioceses  shall  be. , 

conclusive  in  each  order :  l*rodded  such  majority  compre- 
hend a  majority  of  the  Dioceses  represented  u\  that  order.   > 
*    The  concurrence  of  both  orders  shall  be  necessary  in  such  ^ 
•  case  to  constitute  a  vote  of  the  House. 

*  Jf  any  Diocese  should  omit  or  decrmc  to  elect  clerical 
beputies  to  the  (ieneral  Council,  or  should  omit  or  decline 
to  elect  lay  Deputies,  or  if  any  of  tliose  of  cither  ordei 
elected  should  fail  to  attend,  such  Diocese  shall,  neverthe- 
less, 1)0  cou.^idcrcd  as  duly  rtq-kre.sc'nt.e<l  by  euch.  Deputy  pr 

%*m      «      Deputies  as  a  nay  attend,  t\-h  ether  lay  or  clerical.     And  it7 

,*,  *  through    tljo' teglcct  of    anv   Diocese,  which    shall,  have 

'    'adopted  this  Constitution,  no  1  )eptity  therefrom,  either  lay  oi-  • 

(^encal,  should  iittcud  the  CJouncil,  the  Church  in  such  Dio-- 

\;esc  shall,  neverthelehti,  be  bouud  by  the  actsof  such  Counoi i . 

riwinw.  •^.     .VVrticju:  '*n'.    Whenever  any  one   of    the  Contederate 

,    \   '  '  States  shall  coiitaiu  more  than  one  Dioce.se,  said  btat^  may. 

•  ,      witirthc  conaont  of  all  tlie  Uioceses  in  said  Btate,  consti- 
*.  *      fcute  ah  ^x;t?losia?ti<al    Province,   in   whicli   a   Provincial 

.Provincia!Coun\  Co"»crt  *^^i^y  liC  ^i*^*''    ''    Icastoncc  Iti  Qvcrv  thrcc  y'ears,^ 

"■'  'which   Proyirfcial    C'oinicil   shall   be  made  up  of  all*j;lle 

Bishops   having  junkiietiou •within  the  Provi\;ice,'  and  oj^' 

,,•  smih   rei^resentative.-iVolerical  and  lay,  from  the  •Dioces.es 

•  within' the  P'roviiice.  us  m'a^  be  determined  upon  l»y'the 

•*  Dio6esan  Councils  thereof.      If  theve}.  be*  inpre  than  one 

*  -  IJi^hop  within  the  rroviuc(?,  fiiC!  senior  ]>ishop  by  consecca-^ 

tvdfn  shall   preside  in   the  Pr6viaeial   Council,  and  when* 

•  there  shall  "be  three,  or  mi)re  J;htin  three  ]3i«?hops,  ttey  sli^U 
foru\  fi  separate.Housc.  »  *'    .    ^  ••   .  *        .•    % 

;     •      •.  Whenever  such' Ooungil  shall  legislate,  its  t»cts^sBal!  be  of 
forc^n^flthiu  all  the  Dioceses  c^brac^d  \ythiii*ll!e«ri-o^nce. 
•      •      •  '    ,     .         •  ••       •       * 


««i 


% 

CONSTll^iniON. 


,  ^  'Ikh'C  shall  bdiold  'uiinuuHy,  in  each  Dio-   constitution 

V4«,  *ft  D'wc 


P)»)ccsa!i  Coun- 


*esan  Coiincil,  to  be  oompoBed  of  the  Bishop  or 
Bishops  of  the  Diocese,  and  of  a  lay  find  clerical  represen- 
tetion  from  each  Parish  of  the  Dioceso.  Thi<?  Council  shs\^\ 
legislate  for  only  Diocesan  purposes  >    .'"    \ 

AnTif'iiR  Vr.  The  Bishop  or    Bisl^ops   in  each    Dioces(?  \iM*<m- 
shall  he  chosen  by  the  Council  of  that  Diocese,  agreeabfy    ,  . 
fo  such  rules  as  it  may  prescribe  ;  and  every  Bisliop  of  this      ' 
*  (yhurch  shall  confine  the  exercise  of  Uia  Episcopal  Office  to 
*his  proper  Diocese,  unless  requested  to  perform  any  act  of  that'  * 

Ofiico  by  the  Ecclesiastical  .Vithority  of  another  Diocese.    •    •    • 

Article  VII.   A    uen-   ])iocese,  formed  in   any  of  thA  'N^w  Dioces«f. 
^vOnfederato  >Stat(?8,  or  in /any  Territory  thereof,  not  no^  ■  *^ 
ceprcsentod,  may,  at  any  trnfio  liereafter,  be  admitted  to '. 
.union  with,  and  representation  in,  the. (-J^neral  Conheil  of' 


,      ,      -         .-  ^    _  ..ny 

existing  i>io(!eso',  with  th^  consent  of  its  Ooungil  and  the. 
liishop'ov  Bi'shops  thereof',"  or,  jf. there  he  nor  Biskop,"  of  tJie 
Kcclesiastioal  Authority  thereof;-  and  a  ilo^^^.' Diocese  may 
be  fonlm^d  witlyn  the  Uraitsjqf  two  or'mor^  l^iodfeses,  with^ 
the   li*ke   consent."    But'  bo   sueli'ji^V   Dio'cpsc   sliall'be* 
tio^pmftd,  which  shall  contiiin  Jess  than   ten  self-en pportin'a; 
Parishes,' of  less  tliaii  ten  Presbyters  wIjo  have  been  for  at 
lealt  one 'year,  eanonically  reyident  within  , the  bouiicis  of* 
such  new  i>iocese,  regularly' settled  hi  i:t-],*arfsh  or  Congre- 
gation, and  nualiiied  to.vo'te  foV  .av  Bishop';  mw  sli^lj  such  " 
tfcw  I)ioocs9l)e  formed  if  thereby /di}'  eiistiilg  Djjpees^^atl . 
b6  ^o  reduced  as  to  contain  less  thanfifteciverelf-supi5»t>rtil!^ 
Pilrisli^e^,  or  ^ess  than  iii'teen  Presbyters  who  ^ave  -Jjeei^iie-   ] 
•siijing  t*^e!'otfi,-*'apd  s^tled   a^id.  qualified  as- abpv^jmeia- .' 
tioiKU :   />a^c/fM*  that' up  city  shftVl' fowii 'moVe  tMn  pnci 
wiocese.6  .  •      ^'       '        .••        \^      ♦       *  •     j  i  • 

Tn  cas'inj,  'fHocoS^  ehailnie  Hiyicled  into  two  «r  more  Dio-,  * 
ces^^,  the  J )ioces;jn  of  »th€ 'Diocese  so/ijividad  may' elect  the. 
Dioce'^e  fyer  which  he  wiif  preside,  and*slTalJ  .become 'the* 
Diocesan  tliareof.*    And^Ke^A^ista^if  *Bish#fi  if  fkiero  b(?  • 
J   one,»nia\L  efect  tht'^)iocesA  td  wh.ich  ^i]fe*wiU  ^be-^ attached  ; , 
'•aifd,  if  iTb(Jn©t'ihe  one  e]e(*ted  l\v  ^ie  Biiihon,  -lie'shay  be 
the  Dioecvn'*"!  ^he?'C9#  ..  /.*,..  , 


Trials. 


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•  4       ,  .        •  '  C'O^'SCCITUTIOkX. 

*  ..         •  ■  •         * 

•  '.»•»       •    '  •  ^       '      •  *  •* 

cojistiiution.    ' 'ARficicL^i:.' -VJU.  ,The(*  indde  cyt"  trying' iTish^iid,  Ab^l^Uf^e*- 
' — — '     provided  by  the  General  Council.  .  Tlie  court  app<ki«,t€dt 
for  that  purpose  shall  be  composed  of  Bishops  only.      '.. 

lu 'every  Diocese,  the  mode  of  trying  Tresbyters.  ajicji  « 
^eacons  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  Council  of  the  J)ioc^j»e. 
«    ^one  but  a  Bishop  shall  pronounce  seuteuce  of  admoift- 
tion,  suspension  or  degradation  from  ^be  ministry,  6\\  ann 
S  *     Clergyman,  whether  Bishop,  rresbyter  or  Deacon. 

;  ■.  ArticlI;  IX. 'No  person  shall  be  admitted  to  lioly  Orr, 

♦ilers,  until  he  shall  have  been  examined  by  the  Bishop  an<J 

,    ,    by  iwo  Pi-esbytei-Sj^and;  shaU  have  exhibited  such  testimo'- 

,  liials  and  other  req.«is;|ps  as  the  Canon* i  in,  that*  -case  ftro- 

*.    vided.  may  direct.  ,     •  -.• ''".,  •.■  '      ■        '  »'*  //*'  >>:  '  .♦ .;'       .      ' 

"  '  J^or  shall  any  person  bo 'oVdfiinGd  either  JX^acou  or  J.'ries^  .' 
. '.  until  he  shall  have  siibscribed  the  following  declaration, 'vi/j; 

'    '    '■  ''iS  (to  belifeve  the  Iloly  i|priptiii;csot"  ISie  'Old  nrttl  lsc)y  Te^tt\nwu\  'tD  J)* 
tlieWoKl  of  Clod,  unci  to  roj^taiii  alt  tilings  nece'^sii^y-  to  siilvat;\oji ;  k'ukI  i  do 
>  •        solemnly  en  o;aij.e  'to  ConflDrnr  to  tlic  i)octi'iuC.'>.Hml  ^'orsjiip  of.tlie  ,i'iv»-' 
'   •     .test»aiit^IJpi^copal-Qh«i;L'h\iii  the  W)iif<?de<'ate  S^tes  ♦)li,Atn^-k\|^^     .,      '•. 

ISTo  person  ordained  by 'a  foreign   BisKop  shall » be  p^i;-, 

*      mitted  to  officiate  as  a:  Minister  of  tliis  Ghurcli,  tiiitilHie 

shall  have  ooraplied  "witli  ^.h;e  Can'qn-  or  Canons  'iu-  suc]| 


0^  .making,  ; ■ordaining  ,aad'ccuise;^riiWrig..Bi3li*c)iiSi<,  i^riests. 
and  Peacoris^  when-'est-ibUshed.  byu-the  General  A^tjuflpil, 
sftall be  usbcll'n, tjliQso  Biocx^ses  which  ,shall  have adoptod'-this 
Constitutioiv  ^o'alteiT^ipn  or  addition 's-ba^  be  made  in 
the  Boojv  of  .Common ■, Pray cf'^'  .or  other _  qflices  of.tlTi' 
Oliuroh,  o;- the^'ticles  o?  IieligJon,Ainlcss  tlie  jianie  .>fli&TJ 


..  l>]§hops»iar  idreign  cai^?it 

♦    ••    .bati*on.of  ^'^i'iajdi'flv  of  the  Bi.lbops  Of  this.  Chi^nph.'signi 
fied»' i^VVyi'^J&^ite  tcTiiifi".  Pije^i^liag  .Bish»p  ;  ]»g ^thereupon 


ni- 


•  • 


*     '  CONSTITUTION.  •        '  '      5 

• 


TJfc  order  tor  sucll  Couf^ccration  sliiifT  bc^5iiformQ<,l,  as  •coMt^uon.  * 
nearly  fis'maj  bc„  in  tho  judgment  of  the  Bisb.pJ;>s, 'ta^hy   "^ir^-^ 
ouo  used  in  this  Churcli.  .•!'"*.  '.-v   *'  l» 

Bishops,  so  consecrated, 'shall  iiQt  be  eligible  to  the*ol3icb^  *!*  ••    • 
of  Drpcesau,   ar  Assistant  Bishop,  \n  any  Diocese  in  the    *  •      \\  ,   , 
Coufed(irate .States,  nor  be  entitled  to  a  seaf  in  the  IIgub$^     ^    ' ,  \* 
ot"* Bishops,  nor  exercise. any. authority  in  tho  said  Stata=>'.    •• 

Article  XII-i^Anv  alteration  in*  this  CotiPtitutjon  shall    'MtcfMion'  oi- 
l>c  originated  in  the'^Gencral  Coilucil.  .'  When^  adopted  iik  '-*"^"«"t;»°- « 
one  General  Council  by  a,  majority  of  the  IIousC  oi  Bishops,  ♦•,        % 
*ind  by  a  niaj'ority  of  the*  lIousc  of  Deputies,  said, Deputies    *- . 
voting  by  Diocdsos  and  ordefs,'such  alteration  shall  be  made 
known  to  the  several  ])i(3ccaian 'Councils,  iind,  ff  agreed  to^*  •      • 

hy  pv64\mxh,  Ov  tJiGm^  and  ratified  in  thc'euBuing  GeneraL     *  , 

Ojuncil,- the  Jsanic  s^iall.bc  a  pavVcf  this  CoivstUutioilj.,*  ^  '.j* 

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Authority. 


TrTLK  J. 
OF   CAXOIDATESHlPi  AND  OKDIXATIOXS. 

•  •  • 

CAXox  r. 

OF  TM:  ecclesiastical  At'TIIOlilTY. 

The  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  eacJi  Diocd§e  is  its  Bishop.     EcdMiastiw' 
When  there  is  no  Bishop,  the  Standing  Committee  shall  be 
the  Ecclesiastical   Anthority  for  all  purposes   flcclarcd   in 
these  Canons. 


•     ■  CAXOX  II. 

^  ^^yilE    AI)M4SS10*     OF     TELISOXS    AS    <,1A>T*I;1I>A|ES    V<'V: 
^  "^.%»M**i»  J*.#I>E^U^'ONS*  ORDERS. 

§  1.  Every  person^  wlxo  desires  to  Decom!l*ft^^ifta^^'o!''^ticeir!Tit*'!-* 
Holy  Orders  in  this  Church,  shall,  iii  the  first  instance,  give 
notice  i^n  writing  of  that  desire  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Author- 
ity to  whose  jurisdiction  ho  belongs;  in  which  notice  he- 
shall  declare  whether  he  Iwis  ever  applied  for  admission  as 
*  a  candidate  in  any  other  Diocese."  The  Ecclesiastical  Au- 
thority may  consent  fo  his  applying  in  some  other  Diocese. 

§  2.  The  notice  above  required  having  been  given  to  the 
Bishop,  if  there  be  one,  and  the  Bishop  liaving  signified 
'his  approbation  in  writing,  the  person  so  applying  shall  send 
Jfehe  said  certificate'  in  a  letter  addressed  by  nim  tp  the  Pre.s-, 
ident  or  Secretary  of  the  Standing  (■omjiiittee  of  the  Dio- 
cese (A'  the  saidJ^ishop  ;  whereu[)on  the  Standing  Commit- 
tee may,  if- they  see  fit,  testify  in  his  behalf 'to  the  Bishop, 
that,  from  personal  kiTowledge,  or  from  testimonials  laid 
before  thcm.'lhey  believe  that  he  is  pious,  sober  and  hon- 
'^st,  attachdfl  to  the  doctrine,  disciplin-c  and  worship  of  tlu' 


tion. 


10 


TlTi.y  'I.^OF  CA'XDIDATKS]IIP  ANDdliwlNATlONS. 


Admissioii 
Record. 


■    tSefusiU  Jo  AC 
111  it. 


#'Appli, 


n  Mmistii  tM 
(k-noiaiiiutioi 


Protestant  Episcopal  Church,. a  commniiicant  oi'  the  same, 
and  "in  their  opinion  possesses  such  qualifications  as  sxii] 
render  him  apt  and  meet  to  exercise  the  ministry  to  the 
i^lory  of  God,  and  the  edifying  of  the  Cliurch;  and  if  the 
Standing  Committee  canncwt  certifv  as  above  from  personal 
'  knowledge,  the  testimonials  laid  before  them  by  the  appli- 
cant shall  be  of  the  same  purport,  and  as  full,  as  the  certifi- 
cate above  required,  and  shall  be  signed  hy  at  least  one 
■  1  *resbyter  and  four  respectable  la^mien  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  in  the- Confederate  States. 

*§3.  The  applicant  shall  transmit  the  certificate  of  the 
Standing  Committee  to  the  Bishop,  who  may  thereupioh 
admit  the  person  as  a  .candidate  for  Holy  Orders,  nnd  shall 
record  the  same  in  a  book  to  be  kept  by  him  for  that  pur- 
]>ose,  and  shall  notify  the  candidate  of  suclirecord. ,  In  any 
Diocese  where  there  is  no  Bishop,  the  Standing  Comniittee 
may,  oii  the  same  conditions,  admit  the  person  as  a  candi-- 
date,  alid  shall  make  record  and  notification  in  the  Si'ime 
manner.  .    ■         ■       ' 

§'4.  No  person  vvho  has  previously  applied  for  adniissioii 
as  a  candidate  in  any  Diocese,  and  has  been  refused,  or, 
liaving  beeii  admitted,  has  afterwards  ceased  to  be  a  qandi- 
•date,  sliall  be  admitted  as  a  candidate  in  any  other  Diocese, 
until  he  sliall  have  produced  from  the  Ecclesiastical  Author- 
ity, of  tl!e  former  Dioqese  a  certificate  fleclai;ing  the  ca 
for  wdiich  he  was  refused  admission,  or  fo^wMclih^ 
to  be  a  candidate.       ,  ;•  ^  ..^tJm    #»f#*«*-*  m^  ^M  * 

>i  r>.  [1.]  When  a  person*  v/ho,  net  having  hact  Episc5pai 
Ordination,  has  been  acknowdedgcd  as  an  ordained  minister 
or  licentiate  in  any  denomination  of  Christians,  shall  desire 
to  be  ordained  in  this  Church,  he  shcill  give  notice  thereof 
to  the  Ecclesiastical  -Authority  o^"  the -Diocese  in  which  he 
resides'  orj  if. he  reside  in  a  State  cw'  Tetritory  in  whicj: 
there  is  no 'organized  Diocese,  to  tlie  Mi ssionarj^  Bishop 
within' whose  jurisdiction  he  resides;  which  notice  sliall bt3 
accompanied  by  a  written  certificato  from  at  least  two  Pres- 
byters of  this  Church,  stating  that,  from 'personal  knov/1- 
cdge  of  the  applicant,  or  satisfactory  evidence  laid  before, 
them,  they  believe  .that  his  desipe  to  leave  the  denomination . 
to  which  he  belonged  has  not  arisen  from  any  circumstance 
unfavorable  to  his  moral  or  religious  character,  or  on  account 
of  which  it  may  be  inexpedient  to  admit  hiin  to  the  exercise 
of  the  ministry  in  this  Church ;  and  they  may  "also  add  what 
they  know  or  believe,,  on  good  authorit}:,  of  the  ^jrcumstan- 
ces  leading* to  the  said  desire. 


,'      TIXLK  1.— ()1-i«CAN1)ID\TES1I]1'  AND  t iRDIN'ATlDN.-'.  Xl 

■[2.]'.If  the  Ecclesiastical  Autliority  shall  think  proper  to     CMmoa  n. 
[(roceccl,  the  person  applying  to  he  rcceavcd  as  a  candidate     >— -v — ' 
shall  produce  to  the  Standing  Committee  a  testimonial  fromtwiJitop^remJanrt 
at  least  twelve  members  of  the  denomination  from  which  he '""  i'''«^''>'^''- 
comes,  or  twelve  members  of   t"lie   Protestant  Episcopal 
Churcli,  or  twelve  persons  in  part  of  the  denomination  from 
wluch   he   comps  and  in  part  Episcopalians,  satisfactory  to 
■  the  Committee,  that  the  applicant  has,  for  three  years  last 
past,   lived  pionsl}-,  soberly  and  honestly ;  and  also  a  testi-        '. 
monial  from  at  least  twjo  Pvesbyters  of  this  Church,  that' 
they  believe  him  to  be  pioLis,sobor  and  honest,  and  sincerely 
attached  .to  the    doctrine,  discipline  and  worship  of  the 
Church.      The    Standing    Committee,  being  satisfied    on  ^ 

these  points,  may  recommend   him  to  ^  the  Bishop,  to  be 
received  as   a' candidate  for  Orders  in  tjiis    Chnrch;    or,, 
if  there  ,bc    no  Bishop,   the  Standing-'Committee  may  so 
I'cceive  him.  '  •  •     . 

§  G.  [1.]  "When  a  person',  uat  a- citizen  of  the  Confeder-   smi,  :.i,pucau,.u 
ate  States,  .who  has  been  acknowledged  as  an  ordained  "^"""'^  "*""' '^". 
minister  in  any  dei^omination  of  C/hrietians,  shall  ap^y  to 
•become  a' candidate  for  Orders  in  this  Church,  the  Bishop 
to  whom  application  is  made  shall  require  of  liim  (in  addi- 
tion to  the  above  .qualiiications)  satisfactory  evidence  that' 
he  has  resided  at  least  one  year  in  the  Confedeuiite  States,- 
previous  to  his  applicatiop.  •  "         .    •     . 

[2.]  When  a  person,  not  a  citizen  of  the   Confederate 
States,  who  has  been  acknowledged  as' an  ordaitied  minister 
m  any  denomination  of  Christiaus,  shall  apply  for  Orders 
ill  this  .Church  on  the  ground  of  a  call.to"»a  Church  in  XVhich.  Ami  to  nfflmi  • 
divine  service  is  celebrated  in  a  foreign  laii'gnagc,'  the  Stand- ^4e.'^"Ji*^'  '"' 
ing  Cpmmittee  of  the  Diocese  to  whix^'h  such  ( 'huroh  belongs,   , 
may,  on  sufHcicnt  evidence  of  fitness  according  to  the  Can- 
ons, and  by  a  unanimous  vote  at"  a  mexBtiug  duly  conveiTcd,"' 
recommend  him  to'  the  Bishop  for  Orders,  and  the  Bjsho]) 
ijiay'then  ordain  him,  and  he  may  be  settled,  tmd  instituted 
into  the  said  (jJhurc")),  without  his  producing  a  testiniopial  to 
hi^  character  byti  clert!:yman'  from  his  personal  knowledge 
of  him  for  one  year,  and  without  his  having  been  a  3'ear 
resident  in  tl^i.^  country,  anything  in  any  Othel*  Canon  of 
this  Church  to  the  contrary  not\y tlistanding :  Providfd.  That, 
ill  both  of  the  above*  cases,  the  person  applying  prpduoc  a 
cei'tificate,  signed  by  at  least  four  respectable  members. of 
this 'Church,  tiiat'they.have  satisfactory. reasons  to  beli<?ve 
the  tcstimpnials  to  his  religious,  moral  and  iit^-ary  qi^lifi- 
cations  to  bo  entitled  to  full- (.-iTdit. 


12 


TITIE  I.-OF   CAXt)]DATKSniP  AND  OimiNATlOXS.      " 


OANOX  III. 


Habit  of  (!<■ 
ihm. 


Lay  Keadors. 


Eestriction; 


^oti  eligible  ti 
General  Obuucil. 


Ti-ansfcr  to  olh- 
V  Dioceses. 


UF  ADMIITED  CANDIDAtE^  EOR  DEACONS'  ORDERS. 

§  1.  The  Bishop,  or  other  Ecclesiastical  Authority  ^;^ho 
,1  may'  have  the  superiii'tendence  of  candidates  for  Deacons' 
Orders,  shall  take  care  that  they  pursue  their  studied  dili- 
.  gently  and  under  pfoper  direction,  and  that  they  do  not  in- 
dulge in  any  vain  or  trifling  conduct,  or  in  any  amuse- 
ments likely  to  be  abused  to  licentiousness,  or  unfavorable 
to  that  seriousness,  and  to  those  '  pious  and  studious* 
habits,  which  become  those  who  are  preparing  for  the  Holy 
Ministry.  , 

-.  §  2.  It  is  also  to  be  made  known  to  every  candidate,  that 
the  Church  expects"  of  him,  an  inward  fear  and  worship 
of  Almighty  God,  a.  love  of  Christ,  a  sensibility  to  holy 
influences,  a  habit  of  devout  afiection,  and,  in  short,  a 
cultivation  of  all  those  graces  which  are  called  in  Scripture, 
tlie  miits  of  the  Spirit,  by  v^'hich  alone  Itis  sacred  influences 
can  be  manifested.     '  .     ■  • 

§3.  ISTo  candidate  for  Deacons'  Orders  shall  take  upon 
'  hiniself  to  perform  the  service  of  the  Church  but  by  a  license  . 
from  the  i^ishop,  or,  if  there  be  no  Bishop,  from  the  cleri- 
cal members  of  the  Standing  Committee,  of  the  Diocese- in 
which  such  candidate  may  wish  to  perform  the  service. 
And  such  candidate  slaall -submit  to  all  the  regulations  which 
the  Bishop,  or  said  clerical  members,  .may  prescribe.  He 
shall  not  use  the .  absolution  or  benediction  ;  he  shall  not 
assuipe  the  dress  appropriate  to  clergjaxien  ministering  in 
the  congregation;  he  sha-ll  conform  to  the  directions  of  the  . 
Bishop,  or  said  clerical  me^mbers,  as  to  the  sermons  or  homi- 
-li6s  to  be  read ;  nor  sliall  any  siich  Lay  Reader  deliver  ser- 
mons, of  his  own  composition',  but,  may  make  addresses  or  • 
exhortations  b}''  the  permission  of  theJBishop  of  the  Diocese^ 
and  by  tlie  further  permission  of  the  Minister. of  the  Parish, 
if  within  the  limits  of  a  Parish.         '  ' 

§  4.  'No  candidate  for  Orders  shall  be  permitted  to  accept 
from  any  Diocesan  Council  an  appointnjent  as  a  Lay  Deputy 
to  the  House  of  Deputies  oithe  General  Council.. 

§  6.  A  candidate  for  Deacons'   Orders  may,  on  Letters 
Dimissory  from  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the  Diocese  • 
to  vrhich  he  belongs,  be  transferred  to" tlie  jurisdiction  of 
ai|y  Bishop  in  this'Church;  and  if  there  be  a  Bishop  of  the 
Diocese  where  the  candidate  resides,  he*sha41  apply  to  no 


T1TLI-:  I.— OF  CANDIDATES! UP  AXn   OKDLXATIONS.        •  13 

Other  Bishop  for.or(linatit)ii  without  the  permission  ot  the     ,.jnon  m 
former.  "  ^,._,^:-J' 

§.6.  No  candidate  •shall  change  hjs  canonical  resideiice  j._cau6ecifT«n..- 
but  for  cansGs  sufficient  in  the  judgment  of  the  Etjclesiasti- 
cal  Authority ;  nor  shall  nuy  candidate  be  dismissed  from 
the  Diocese  in  which  he  was  admitted,  or  to  which  he  has    ' 
l)een  duly  transferred,  for  the  convenience  of  attending  any 
theological  or  other  seminary.  ■    .      »  _      . 


CAXOX   LV. 
(.i:XEIJAL  ]'K()\  iSlOXS  AXD  KKc^riSlTKS  FOR  OJIDIX ATIOX.     ' 

S  1.  Xo  ]>ishop  shall  ordain  any  candidate  until  he  has     iveviou.  am-u- 
enquired  of  him  whether  iie  has  ever,  directly  or  indirectly,  7     ' 
applied  for  IToly^Orders  in  any  other  Diocese;   and,  if  the 
Bishop  has  reason  to  believe"  that  the  cajidiclate  has  been 
refused  Ilqly  Orders  in  any  other  Diocese,  he  shall  write  to 
the  Ecclesiastical  Authority,  thereoyt'  to  know  whether  any 
just  cause  exists  .why  the-caudidate  should  not  be  ordained. 
When  anyBisliop  rejects  an.  application  for  Holy  (Orders,  he  .:,J,""""''  '"^■''"'■ 
shall  immediately  give  notice  to  the  Ecclesiastical  AutlioVit^^   ' "' 
of  every  Diocese.     '     '•  •  .    '      , 

^§  2.  Deacons'  Qrders  shall  not  be  conferred  on  any  per-v^g^^^foio,,,-,'.. 
son  nutil  -he  shall   hjn  twenty-one  "years  old,  no.r  .Priosts'  """■ 
'Orders  until  he.sTiall  be  twenty-f^ur  yqars  old. 

§  3.  Every  canVlidate  for' Holy  Orders  wdio  nujy  be*  ijecom-  can.iidatesfrom 
mended  by  the  Standing  Committee  of -any  I>ioceso  desti-  '"-"^"^J^^^-f  • 
tute  of  a  Bishop,  i"f  he  have  resided  for  the  greater  pfirt  of  •    • 

thr(;e  years  last  past  within  tha  Diocese  of-  a  Bishoi>,  sball 
apply  to  such  Bishop  for  ordination.  *  A'iiil  such  candidate  - 
shall  produce  the  usual  testimonials,  as  well-  from  tlie  Copi- 
mittee  of  the  Dioc^^sQ  hi  wlilch  he  has  resided,  as  li-om  the 
C'ommittee  of  the  Dioeesc  for  whiclrhe  is  to  be  ordain(id..  . 

§  4.  Xo  Bishop  .of  this  C;ln':fcU  shall  qrdain  any  person  to   onunavontoof- 
officiate.as  a*  Briesf  in'any  Cougregatipn  or'.OhurcH  nofK.ie^&u's-. 
under  Episcopal  supervision,  and  situated  bGyom\  the  juris-  • 
dictioi^  of  thcsp'C^oknfedernte  States,  until  hxi  shall    have 
received  fvom  his  .Standing  <'ommittc.e  tlic  usual  testimoity, 
founded  upon   sufUcipnt  evidence?  of  the'gounduess  in'ttlic 
faith,  and  of  tfie]iioiVs  and  mX)ral  ('hnrjicf-.r  ofthoapplicwut. 


14 


TJT 


.—OF   CAXiUOATESlIiP  ANi)  ( UiDlXAneA.- 


Times  of  Oicii- 
nation.'  , 


nor  until  lioLas  been  examined  on  tlie  studies  prescribed  b}' 
the  Canons  of  this  Churchy  and  should  any  clergyman,  so' 
ordained,  v/ish  thereafter. to  settle  in^  any  congregation  of 
this  Church,  he  must -obtain  a  special  license  therefor  from 
the  Bishop,  and  officiate  as  a  probationer  for  at  least  one  year. 
§  5.  Agreeably  to  the  practice  of  tlijC  Primitive  Church, 
the  stated  times  of  ordination  shall  be  on  the  Sundays  fol- 
lowing the  EmbeV  weeks.  Special  ordinations  may  be  held 
at  such  other  timo?^  as  tlic  Bishop  shall  appoint.    - 


CAX():x  \. 

t  l•:.^(AMI^"ATiO*^'S    A*:i)' TESTIMONIALS  f  OK- 1)1-: AC():S-^ 

ORDERS  AXI>  ORDIXATIOK. 

§  I .  Every  person  hereafter  to  be  ordained  Deacon  in  this 
E.vamin:.iioii.  Chiu'ch,  shall.be  examined  by  the-Bisliop  and  two  Presby- 
"  ters',  on  Moral  Philbsbphy  and  Rhetoric,  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures and  the  Book  £>i  Cpmmon  Prayer,  and  they  shall 
enquire  into  his  fitness  for  the  mirnstrations  declared  in  the 
Ordinal  to  appertain  to  tLe  oiiiec  of  a  Deacon,'a']id  be  satis- 
lied  thereof.       .  .**.'.       •        .  '  » 

§2.  If  any  candidate'  fv»r  peaCons'    Orders    shall   not. 

Wfithin  three'years  after  his  {\iiiviission,  apply  to  be  ordaiacd, 

he  shall  ce.ase  td  be  a  candidate,  and-nu^ess  the  Bishop  shall 

•  *     see  fit  to'  allov.'  longer  tipe,»he  shall  hotify  hini  in  Writing, 

that  he  is  no  longer  a  c^tndidatc,  and  Shall' immediately  give 

notice  of  the  same  to  the  Ecclosirastical  Aoithorit}'  of'  every 

*     DiDcesc. ,  ' ,  *  ■       *  •      .     .       -  •  ^ 

reriid  of  Can-       §  S,*^^  pprson  shall  be  ordained  I)eae6n  in  this  Church 

ti'i^*n^l'i'?il"^is^nm  until  Jie  shall  have  remainetl  a  candidate'for  IIolv  Orders  at 

standing^comrait- le^s^L.  o-uc  ycar,  ^ud  until  ho  shall'  exhibit  to  the  Bishop  tes- 

.timonials  from  th,c/Standing  "Committee  of  the- Diocese' for 

which  he  is  to  ^e  ordained,  yrkicli , shall  be  signed  by  a  ma- 

joiitv  of  all  the  Committee,  th^  Committee  being  duly  con- 


Limitation 
('andidates)iiji. 


vencd,  and  v;hich  shall  be- in  the  following  words: 

'"  AVe,  -wiliose  naines  ar#  hereiiMck^r  Vwttcn.  tcstlt^  that- A.  B.  Lath  laid 
efore  iis  satisfactory  testiuionirls  4;l!at  foi'tbc  space  ^fthree  ^years  last 
asfi;  Re  liatli  itved.  jjioiislv,  soberly  and  boDestly,  auu  batb  not  t\-rittoii. 


fee: 


,  pas  , 
tartsjbt  or  lic»la  an^tbin 


^...   __  __  __^  ^  contrary  to  Ijie  doctrine  /)i'  discipline  of  tbe 

Protestant Epi^^copal  Gliiircb  in  fbe  Confederate  States',  aucj;  moreover, 
Ave'  tbink  bi'Jii  a  person  WQfthy  to  be  ■adurittcd  to«  the  sacr^d^rder  of 
Deacons.  In  witnes^  whereof,  Ve  have -herejinto  set  onr  hand^  tl:i- 
dav  of —.  ir.  file  vear  of*our  Lord  -^ — = — .'* 


TITLt^  1.— OF  (•AXj)ll).VTKSlili,'  AXiJ  OiJDlXATlONS..  |5 

"i  A.  But  before  :i  Staildiiii!;  Committee  shall  proceed  to      caimu  v. 
recommend  any  candidate,  as  aforesaid,  to  the  Bishop,  such    .''^^^"^ 
candidate  shall  prddnce  from  the  ^Minister  and  Vestry  of  the  staitdVnTr&u- 
parish  where  he  resides,  or  from  the  Vestry  alone,  if. the  par-''"' 
ish  be  vacant ;  or^  if  there  be  no  Vestry,  from  at  least  si^::* 
respectable  persons  of  this  Chlirch,  testimonials  of  hi&  pietj-, 
good  morals  and  ordctly  conduct,  in  the  follQ^^4lvg  \A'ords: 

'•  Wo,  wliose  lUMiios  ;ire  lie^'oundor  \rvitten,  do  testify  jVom  evideiici.' 
satisfactory  to  us,  tliat  A.  J>.,  Ibi'  tlic  space  of  tJirec  years  last  past,  liath 
lived  piously,  i^oberly  ami  liono?tly,  and  hath  nob^  so  far  as  we  know  or 
liolievo,  Avritton,  taught  or  held  anythinsi-  oonti;;iry  to  the  doctriue  or  .dis-  "^ 
^■iyliue  of  tl'io  Protestant  Episcopal  C'huiTh  in  the  Confederate  States; 
and,  moreover,  we  think  him  .i  person  worthy  to  be  eduiitted  to  the  sacred  , 
Order  t)f  Deacons..    In  witness  "whereof,  Ave  liave  hereunto  set  our  hr.nds.  * 

I  his •  day  of  • ,,  In  the  year  of  «ur  L"Qrd r ."  ■ 

lie  shall    also  lay  before  the  Standing  CominittcQ  test!-*  ivsthr.oniauivoin 
monials  signed  by  at  least  one  respectable  Pr6sbVter.of  this ''^ '''''■'*'' 
Chnrch,  which  testJnlo^*1iali?  sliall  be  in  the  follovving  words > 

.  ''iuo  certify  that  A.  J*>,'fur  the  space  of  thrte  years   last  past,  Iiatli 
lived  piously,  sobprly  and  honestly,  and  liatU  not,  so  far  as  I  know  or  be-  • 

Hove,  writtpii,  taught  or  litld  anythinp:  contrary  to  the  doctrine  or  di>^- 
cipliiie  of  the  'Protestantr-Episcopnl  Church  in- the  Confederate  States; 
and,  moreover,  wo  think  him  a.  person  worthy  to  be. admitted  to  the  sacred 
I  trclor  of  Deacon.s.  Tiiis  testiuiQuial  is  founded  on  n)y  personal  knuwl- 
e<lge  of  the  said  A.'i>.  for  one  year  Jast'past,  auel,  for  the  ijesidue  of  the 
sai*l  time  uixin  evidence  that  is  s.-ifisfactory  to  me.     Tn  witness  .whereof.         • 

I  hfive  hereunto  set  my  hand,  tins  —■,- dny  of .  in'tbe  wur  • 

(if  oRr  Loi'd ; ." 

§  5.  B.utin  case  a  caudidate,  ;roiu  sonic  peeirliar'circum-*  subi^ui^ic  tcst,. 
^tatlees  not  affecting  1-us  pious  or  n;oral  character,  shall  be"'""'"''" 
unable  to  ])rocure  testimonials  from  the  Minister  and  Ye's- 
iry  of  tMe  Parish  wherein'  he  rejidQg,  the  Standing. Com- 
mittee may  accept'tcstimonials  of  the  purport  above' staked, 
from  at  least  twelve  respectable  meaUDCfs,  and  one  respec- 
table'Presbyter  «f 'this  Glmreb,  which  Presbyter. shall  have 
been  personalh'  acquanited  with  the  candidate  for  -at  least 
one  year.   •  '  .''  .  * 

§  G.  .Candidates  m,]\o,  iiot  h'lTV'ini^  Episcopal  ordination,  ,;'-'"J!(iatcs  ry.,. 
Iiave  been  acknowlecfgea  as  orUamed  or  licensed  "mmisters"""' 
in  airy.CsCnomination  of  Christians,  may,  jtt  the  expiration 
•of  Hot  less  than  six  months  from  their  admission  as  candi- 
dates', be  ordained  Deacons^  on  tjieir  passing  the  same  ex- 
aminations as  other  Cjindida^es  for  Deacons'. Orders,  and,  in 
the^eXaminatioys,  sjiccial  regard, shaU  be  had  to  those 
poin*;?  in  VTjhich  the  cTonominatioJi  .whence  they  came  differs 
'Voip  this  Churdi,  w,i^li  a  view  o^  testing  th-eir  knfonn.'ftion 


.•-•  . 


6  TITLE  I.^OF  CANDIDATESHIP  AND  ORDfNATIONS. 

and  soundness  in  the  same ;  and,  also,  of  ascertainiua-  that 
-^.^....^     tlicy  are  adequately  acquainted  with  the  Liturgy  and"  Of- 
fices of  this  Church :  Promded,  that  in  their  case  the  testi- 
monials shall  be  required  to  cover  only  the  time  since  their 
admission  as  candidates  for  Holy  Orders. 
candinates  from'    ^  '^ '  .-^^^^^  ^^^7  pcrsoR,  uot.  a  citizcu  of  tlic  Confederate 
other  countries.     Statcs,  who  has  been  acknowled2:ed  as  an  ordained  or  li- 

"I  •       •  • 

'.  eensed  minister  in  any  denomination  of  Christians,  shall 
apply  for  Orders  in  this  Church,  the  Bishop,  to  whom  the 
application  is  made,  shall  require  of  him  (in  addition  to  the 
above  qualifications)  satisfactory  evidence  that  he  has  re- 
sided at  least  one  year  in  the  Confederate  States"  previous^ 
to-hii<  application.- 


cano:n'  VI. 

o  F  I)  E  A  c;  O  X  s . 


Control  of  l)e;i 
cons. 


Comlitioiif. 
ficiatiDf;.  . 


Tfansfcr. 


•  §  1.  Every  Deacon  shall  be  subject  to  the  regulation  of 
the  Bishop,  or,  if  thcre'bc  no  Bishop,  of  theclerical  mem- 
bers of  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Diocese  for  which 
he  is  ordained,  until  he  receive  letters  dimissory  to  'the 
Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  some  other  Diocese,  and  be 
thereupon  deceived  tis  a  Clergyman  of  such  other  Diocese  ; 

.  and  he  shall  ofiiciate  in  sucIl  places  as  the  Bishop,  or  the 
said  clerical  members,  liiay  direct. 

■  •  §  *2.  No  Deacon.shall  be  settled  over  a  Parish  or  Congrega- 
tion ;  nor  shall  any  Deacon  ofiiciate  in.any  Parish  or  Congre- 
gation, without  the  express  consent  of  the  Eector  for  the  time 
beiho-,  where  there  is  a  Kector  ;  ilor  in  any  case  without  the 
assent  of  the*  Bishop  : '  and  when  ofiiciating  in  the  Paris|i 
or  Congregation  of  a  l^ector,  he  shall  be  entirely  subject  to 
the  direction  of  such  Rector  rh„all  his  ministrations.,  v 
"  §  3.  No  JDeacon  shall  be  transferred  to  another  Diocese 
witho'ut  the  written  request  of  the  Bishop,  to  whose  juris- 

'dictipn  he  is  to  be  transfcr.rad. 


Deacon 
ing  to 
tiers. 


(•'AXOX  A'll. 
\  QllDINATIOX  TO  TIJE  PFJBSTIIOOi). 

^liL'tTorl     I  1-  Whenever  a  DeacQn_  sliall  determine  to  m-oceed  to 
Priests'  Orders,  he  shall  srive  to  tlie  Bishop  written  notice 


'    ,         •.  Til'l.t:!.     '.  )!-■  CAXDIDATKSinU  A-M)  ()i;i)r.\.\Tl(iNS.  J 

of  sacii  iiiteutioii  ;  \vhcfeupoii  tlic  JiisUdp  ^sliall  rocol''cl  llic  cauouvn.. 

notice  in^Si  Look  "to  be  kept  by  hijn  for  this  purpose, 'and  ' — ^^"^^ 
shall  appoint  aud  dii-oct  me  studies  of.  the  Deacon  accord-" 


iiis^ly 

shall  stiuul  t'l 


Every    Deacon  ijesirini;-  to  receive  Pl'lestd-'  'Orders I Kxaminat ions f.. 
iukI  throe  diflereiit  exauiiiiutioiis,'  at  such  times  j^,^^]  i'"'"'"  '*"'"■''• 


t^itW'fejic^G'liC'y.ig-  4'(;fyjired  to  five  an  a'ctoniit,of  the  differ- 
ent •books,  to  traiislafp  fi'C«n  ^lie   oiTginhl' (Trj»cek*  aiul  J^Ie- 
brew,  and  to  exphiin'snch  pas^au'es  as  may  bc'proposcd  to 
him.     The  second  examinution  slmll-be  on  the  evidences    >V""i- 
of  Oh^'istianity  and  i^ystenintio   Divi-pity,  and  ^he  last  et-   V:,s!.      * 
amination  shall  be  on  C'lmrdi  Historyylvcclesiastiea?Politt.     .- 
the"J>obkof   Comuion   Trayer,  a^d"  the.  Constitntion  and 

.  Canons  of^thc  Chni'.ch,  and, of.  the  "J )iocese  forVhich  lie  is 
to  beorUai-ned.     J  le  shall  be  cKamined  also  u,s  to  his  knowl- 
edge of  til  e.L«din. tongue',  and  of  such  atiidie*ir«."the  ])isho[> 
shall   have  presuribe^I  for-hiiw.     At  Je^ch  of  thc.li^remenr 
tioned  ciaji-niixfftion^  he  j;l»iall  produce  alid-  rea(l"*a.  aferni^n* 
m-  discourse,  composed    b\'  himself,  on   sojne  pHssage  of 
Scripture:  «})revions!y  [assigned ^to  hnn,  which,'  togctlu:'r*vith 
two  other  sei'Uions  or  "discourses  ou   soine  passage  <oi'  pas--' 
sages  of  ^Scriptur(^  selected  by'l^uTy>,6lf,  'shadl   be"  subjk'itted     '  •, 
to  the  criticisms  oT  "the  Bishop  au(^  <-*lei;gy  ^present ;  'and.    . 
before  his  ordination,  he  shall  be  require^  to"  perform- 'silch  ' 
cKcrcises   in    reading,  in   the  presenoe  of  the   Oisliop"  and 
<'lcrgy,  as  may  e4iablethem  to  g^ive  him    such  advice  and 

■    instructions  as  may  aid  him  in-  performing  the  services  of 
the  Church,  and  d(^iivorin_2;  his  "sermons  with  pin^priotv  and 

•  dcYOtion;  .  ' 

§  3.  When  a  Deacon,  ajijtjying  tobe  ficlirnttcd  to  i*riests'    i)i.<i.ci,«u.w. 

•  Orders,    wishes   knowledge  d' the  Latin,  Greek  and  Tie-    ' 
brewdangunges,  and  other  brunches  of  learning  not  strictly    '  '* 

,  ecclesiastic:!!,  to  be  dispensed  with,  the  Standing  Committee 
shall  not  recommend  hini  for  priests'  Orders  until  he  shall 
have  laid  before  them  a  testimonial  sigVied  by -at "least  two 
Presbyters  of  this  Church,  stating  that,  in  their  opinion,  he 
possesses  a  peculiar  aptitude  to  leach,  and  a  large  share  of 
prudence;  and  the  Ihshop,  witJi  the  consent  of  the  Stand- 
ing (\-)mmittee,  shall  liave  granted  the  dispensation;  But  • 
ih  regard  to  a' knowieclr^e'of  the  Hebrew  language.  tli<' 
Bishop  shall  have  the  sole  po'wei-  of  dispensation. 


IH  TITLE  I.—O;'^  CAXDll^ATESIIlP  ANft  ORDINATIONS.  • 

"cauon  vii.         §  4.  In  a  Diocese  where  there  is  no  Bishop,  the  Deacon 

.  '^— TV— ^    .shall  be  examined  by  the  Bishop  to  whom  he  applies  for 

.f?K^[o;i,  '^'^  "  Holy  Grdera,  and  by  two  or  more  Presbyters  appointed  for 

that  pwpose  by  the  said  Bishop.  .         '  ,     • 

Testimoiiiuis      §5.  Xo'pcrijon  shall  be  ordained  a  Priest  in  this.  Chiirch 

cwui4te^c.'"'^"'*'' until  lie  shall   haye  exhibited   to -the. Bishop,  testimonials 

froni  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  4)ioces.e  for  whicli  ho 

is  to  be  ordained,  which  testinionials  shall  be  signed  with  the 

names  of  a  majority,  of  all  the  Committee,  the  Committee 

l^eing  duly  convene^,!,  and  shall* be  in  the  following  words: 

"^Ve,  wliose  nainciS  ire  uinlerwritteu,  iiii^iu'lH^re  of  ili'e  !^tailQft'f*CoiB- 

iniirfce  of  tlie  Diocese  of — ,  do  testify  that"  the  Eev.  'A.  B.,  Delujoii, 

hath  L'tid'  hefo?e  u.-^  satisfactory  tef^timonials,  tliat  for  the  space  of  three 
years  last  past,  }ic  li.ath  lived -jjiously,  soberly  and  honestly,  and  hath  not 
•  \Vritten,  taught  or  held  anything  contrary  to  the  doctrine  or  discipline  of 
Ike  Protestant E])isco})al  Cliurch  iu  tlie  Confederate  States;  and,  more- 
over, we  think  him  a  i)trsoii  worthy,  to  be  admitted 'to  the  sacred  Order 
uf  PriestSt  *  la  witness  Avhereof,  we  have  hereunto  set  onr  Jiands'tl^is 
;- —  day  of  — ' ^,  iii  the  yeai;  of  our  -l^ord ;-»," 

'icstiuioninrs  II  *   But  before  the  Standing  .Committee  shall  proceed  to.  rc- 
h^taadingconmut-  (jqj-j^^^q^^^^^  .^^{^r  J^eai^ou,  a"s  aforcsald,  to  the  Bishop,  such 

,D.eacon  shall  produce  from  the  IMinister  and  Vestry  of  the 

Parish  where  he  resides,  or,  if  the  Parish  be  vacant,  from 

tlie  A'^cstry  alone,  testimonials  of  his  piety.  good»niorals  and 

,  orderly  conduct,  in  the  following  words  :  *. 

•  ,•       \  ,      ^       .  ."-  • 

•  '  ^'t>,.v.li(ise  naities  are  heVeCii\ier  written,  do  toetify  tiiat  the  Itc-v.  A. 

!>.,  Deacon,' h.'ith,  for  the  spftcu  of  three  years  last  past,  lived   piously, 

*    '  ,   soberly  and  k<ino»'tly,'and  i|nth.  not,  .so  far  as  wc  know  or  believe,  v»-rit- 

ten,  taught  or  li'jld  anythiijg  contrary  to 'the  doctrine  or-discipline  of  tlie 

.  Protestant  Episcopal  "Chnrch  in  the  Confederate  States;  and,  moreover, 

we  think  him  a  per.'^ou  worthy  to  be  admittod  to,  the  saoi-ed' Order  of 

Priests.     In  witness  whereof,  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hand^  this . 

dav  (tf. ,  in  the  vear  of  our  Lord ."  '   '  v 

restimonu.iHfram     Hc  sliall  .also  lay  before  the. -Standing  Committee  testi- 
'  '^"  •^'"-        monials  •signed  by  at  least  one  respectable  Presbyter  of  this  ' 
Church,  in  the  following  form:  "V 

'•  I  do  certify,  tliat  tHe.Rey.  A.  B.,  Deacon-,  has,  for  tha  si)acc  of  thre 
years  hist  past,  lived  piously,  si^ie'rly  and  honestly,  and  has  not,  so  far  a^ 
[  knowor-belicve,  written,  taught  or  held  anything  contrary  to  the  doc-- 
trine  or  discipline  of  _tUe  Protfcstant  Episoopal- Church  in  thg  Confeder- 
ate States;  and,  moreover,  i  think  liim  a  jierson  worthy  to  be  admitted 
to  the  sacred  Order  of  Pridsts.  This  testimonial-  is  founded  on  my  per- 
sonal knowledge  of  the  said  lie  v.  A.  B.,  Deacon,  for  one  year  laSt  past,  ^ 
'and  for- the  residue  of  the  said  time  upon  evidence  that  i3  satisfactory  to 
me.  In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto^set  my  haod  this.-^- — —  day 
•       '   of '- — ,  in  the  year  of  otir'Lord T." 

S'.i>stitute tc.Mi-      §  s.  But  in  case  an  applicant  for   PHests'  Orders   shall, 
.  from  '[)eculiar  circumstances,  not  affot^tipg  his  pious  or  moral 


moaia 


•    TITI^E-I  ^OF  CAXDIDATE.'?Jin'  5SsNi)  (JilfilN.tTiONS.  '  19 

character,  be  uiitable  to  procure  testimonials  from  the  J^Iinis-    cai;on  vn. 
t^r  and  Vestr^'  of  the  Parish  where  he  resides,  or  in  case  of    ''""^v*^ 
there  being  no  Vestry,  th-e  Standing  Committee  may  accept 
testimonials,  of   the   purport   above,  stated   from   at   l6ast. 
twelve  respectable  members,  and  from  at  least  one  .respect-  . 
able  Presbyter  of  this  Church,  who.hasbeen  personally  ac- 
quainted with  the  candidate  for  at  least  one  year. 


inisters  ordaic- 


CAXON  vjn. 

OF  THE.  ADMISSION  OF  MjklSTER^  ORDArNED  BY  IHSIIors 
♦         NOT  IN  COM^ruyiON  AYITH  THIS  CnURCil. 

When  a  Deacon  or  Priest,  ortlaihed  by  a  Bishop' not  in  Mir 
communion  with  this  Church,  shall  apply  to  a  Bishop  for  ,ycOTim«^i^n'^* 
admission  into  the  same  as  a  minister  thereof,  he  shall  pro-.""* ^''""''^'''  * 
duce  a  written  certificate  from  at  least  two-  Presbyters  of 
this  Church,  stating  that,  from  personal  knowledge  of  him, 
or  satisfactory  evidence  laid  l)efore  them,  they  believe' that 
his  desire  to  leave  the  comnftunioil  to  which  he  has  be- 
longed has  not  arisen  from  any  circumstance  unfavorable 
to  his  moral  or  rjeligious  character,  or  on  account  of  which 
it  may  be  inexpedient  to  admit  him  to  the  exetcise  of  the 
ministry  in  this  Church;  and  he  shall  also,  not  less  than  six 
nionths  after  his  application,  in  the  presence  of  the  Bishop 
and  two  'or  more  Presbyters,  subscribe  the  declaration  con- 
tained in  Article  IX.  of  the  (Constitution ;  which  being 
done,  the  Bishop,  being  satisfied  of  his  theological  acquire- 
ments, may  receive  him  as  such  minister. 


,      CANON.  IX. 

0P.M1NI8TERS  OlJDAINED  IN  FOREIGN  COUNTRtES  BY  B1SII-" 
OPS  IN  COMMUNION  WITH  tlllS.CHURGII. 


t'oreipn  covn- 


§  1.  A  clergyman  coming  from  a  foreiscn  country,  and „*?5''^ 
protessing  to  have  been   ordained  out  of;  tlie  <^  onfederate  ^;'^fJ^>;?'^*'»i',Vj 
States  by  a  foreign  Bishop  in  communion  with  this  Churcli, ''^'^  ^''':'''"'' 
*or  by  a  Bishop  consecrated  for  a  foreign  country  by  Bish- 
ops of  this  Church  under  Article  XI.  of  the  Constitution, 


•    .  .  •  «  . 

Ci^m.uix.     or  by,  iv  3li 891  oiiar_f  J >i^fe6p 'elected  to, exercise  Episcopal 

'      '     '    .functioais  ill    any 'place  or  *i^)]uccs  ont  of  thb  .ConfeclQrate 

States,  filiall,  before  he  be  ])Crnii;tteil   to  oiHciaiite    in    aiiy 

. .  Par^sli  or  ( *on<:;rcgatiGn,  exhibit  tci  the  Minister,  or,  ii"  there 

'vnifirat.     ,  l^e-no  Sklinister,  to  th'c  \>Rtry  thereof, .a  ccrtiticate 'signed 

•         l)y -the  ■JBislrop   ot';the.I)i<icese,  oi',.ii' thfere  bono  Bishop,  * 

by  the  Standing  Committee,  duly  convelio'd,  that  liis  letters 

<>t^  Holy  ()r(*lers  are  authentic,  and  givfcn  ly  some  Bishop 

^  in  connnuiiion  T^ith-this  (^'liiirch,  and  Avhcfse  ;iuthority  is  ac- 
knowledged   by.  this  Chui'ch  ;  -anti,  also,  that  lie  has  cx- 
Jiibited»to  tkc  JJishop  or  Standing  Coramiitee  satisfactory 
evidence  of  his  ]iious  and  moral  chai*actcy,  an-<I  ftf  his  tliQo- 
Jogical-  .a(Mpijrem^;hts*:  ikJul,  in  any  t;ase,  before  he  shall, be    . 
permitted  to  settle  In  auy  (TAirch  or  Varish, 'm-  bc'recoircd 
jnto.iinion  witli  any  "Dioce.^e  of.tltis  f'hufch-aR.a  mimster 
Thei;coV,  he  shall  piiodTic-c^  io.  tUe  i'lccjesiaetical^  Authoritr 
ihcroof,-3ctberr<  di^nissory  \\\\i\fr  tjje  handV^id'seal  6f  the 
Bi^iop  \vith,  Avdiose  l)Jo^-e.^e  lie' litis,  been    last  connpctefl 
which  letters  shall   be,' in  substance,  tlY»)so  ]irovitled  for  in 
Section  7  of  ("aii^n   11.  of  Title  IL,  and  sluj/U  be  delivered 
witfiin  eix  luoiitlisvfroiK.the  nUit*-'  tliciretd';  ix>\u\  .when  .sjich 
QJGrgyma»+ ' shiii I  1is,ivo.'  b(*eil  ,^o  -lv^^^J vev>,  -l^e  shall ,  be  c6n- 
,       sid^red  <is  liavimg.  i»a'^se<l»entir(jJ5"  frutii.  iJie  }urisdioti(ni  of 
LeVti^  KiiMis.  the'Bishop' front;  wytxnn-  tJi<».J*«tte-rs'dii]iiss(,>i'v«werc  brought, 
to  the   fiijl' jurifidiction  ot  ihe  JCeeiesiastii:al.  "\uthority  by' 
whom  \^y  shall  ifave  been  «iivt*pted,f and  "Ije^'oujcf* thereby 
subject  to  all  the  CiinoiUfCltl  provisions  ol*  ilfis^C'luirch  :  -Pro- 
mded,  that   no  j^uch  .cloi'^ymair  bliall  'bV  s>o  received  jiito 
union  with  anv  Dioocso  ifntif'h(4  shall   havtr  r:iibscribed,  in^ 
the  presence  oj'the  Bishop  r>f  tJie  iJiyutiso  in  whi(:h  he  ap- 
|>lips  lor  rci-eptjoii.  and  of  tw*)  or'^noro  Brcsbvtcrs,'thc  deC-^ 
lafation  ^(fontained    i;i    Article.  iX.    of  the    Ooustitution ;    • 

'which  beiilg  done,  said  ijishop  or  Standing  Co|miiittee, 
being  satisfied  of  his  theological,' ticrpwremehts^mav  receive 
Irim  into  union  wi{h  this  C'Inireh  as  ii  minister  of  the  saniec 
Provided^  also,  that  such  mi ilister  shall  not  Jx'  e'^ititl<^d  to  settle 
iir. any  Parish  or  C  lum-h;  as  cationicirfly. In  charge  of  i:lie  • 
stime,  until' he  sliall,  .sub^enXiently  ta  1^ie  •acceptajicc  jufhis 

'letters  dhnissorf.  have  resided  one  vear  in  ■tJ^eCwonfeddfrttc 
States.    \'         '  '  ^  '  "'■'**;,. 

ij  2.  And  if    such  foreign   cjergyiuau  Ife   a  I^cacon,  he 
shftU  obtain  in   this  country  the   requisite  testimonials  of 

^character,  1)cfor^  lie 'he  ordained  a  Piicsf.' 


sory 


AND  TIIKin Dl'^ilES.     • 


Til!':  CDNSKXT  •.xkfE.^SAi:;»'.  rok  ofi'ici.vjinc. 

•.^0  Minister  shall  otiiciatcteinsiciitly  or  otherwise,  in  a^    jm  wseof  mii'- 
Coiigregatioii.  or  \iacant  rarish,»or  in  o«ic  the  Hector  or  Miii-  ''''''^" 
istcrpl"  Avhich*  is  sick  or  absent,  unless  .the  Wardens,  Vestry  • 

^  or  Trustees  o{"lhc  C'ongregation  arc  sutisfied  tliat  he  is  at  tlic  *# 

'time  an  Episeopally  ordained  Minister  in  good  and  regular 
•staliding.     Whon  Irom  another  Diocese,  letters  c6nimcnd;i- 
toiy  from  tlio  Iv'rlosiastical    Auljiorii^''  tJi'eVQof  ^ma^  l^c  re- 
<[uired.  ■     '  -  ' 


(\\>:r)X  {], 


(iKNrMlAT/KKCIT'T.ATIOXS  OF  MrXlSTEKS. 


ICli'tt'um  of  Mill- 
ister,~. 


^  1.  [1.]  Itis  he.r«l)y«rc4uliv.d  that,  oujlie  election  ol'  a 
Miniver  into,  any  Church  or  Tarlsh,  the  Vestry  shall  de- 
liver, or  cgiuse  to  ixo  .delivered,,  tQ  the  EcclOsiiistical   Au- 
.  t]\ori^y<)t'(]ie  HiiiCQse;  noticeol;*  'tlie.same,  in  the  followiuu' 
foi'"i;  .  •     :•    '  ••••   •  '•*  ."  /.''*»'  .'        '.  V.  '   " 

''"VTo.  the  Chiircli  Warden^  {ui-^^yi  am  ^f  (i^i.  A^ssi^itdit^MinkUT,  we,     (Viiiiiwiv 
•   tlie  Koctov  aiul  Churcli.Wardeps)  do  coi^tify  loi.he  Pit.iicv'cl, '(««v/4;ir/  '''''^^"'^'• 
(/ic  JiisJiC}))  ov  totlie  Ilov'd,  {nlpn[nrj  llu:J^)\"Bi(T6nt  q/'ilip' Stamllnrj  Go.m- 
lalttAi)  i\v\{  (iicmtnr/  tfie  ver.f>ii)  lia^  licofi  dtrly  rhof=ieii"  TtCCtoT'(or  K'sii^t- 
aht Minister,  cw  theensr  mfif}.ln\^.o^  (invniii(i  (.//'^  Prtr/'s'h  'or  Chm'eh.y 

•  '".•  '.* 

•Which  certifivato  shalj'bc  sigiie'd  with  the  naiiios  of^tj^ose      •  * 
^vho  cortifw       '        •  •    ^  ~ 


■l^p 


22    ■  titIvP:  ii.— general  regulations  qv  mimstees. 

carijn  II.  [2.]  If  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  be  satisfied'  that  the  ■ 

^^"""^ — '   'person  so  chosen  is  a  cjualified.I^Iinister  of  this  Church,  the 
0  wreconc .  ^^.^  Ecclesinstical  Authority  shall  transmit  the  said  certiii- 
cate  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Council,  who  shall  record  it  in 
•    a-book  to  be  kept  by  him  for  that  purpose.   " 
jnstinitiofi.  [3.]  And  if  the  Minister  be  a  Presbyter,  the  Eeclesiasti- 

■  citl  Authority  may,  at  the  instance  of  the  Vestry,  proceed 
to  have  him  institute,d  according  to  the  Office  established 
by  this  Church,  if  that  Office  be  used  in  the  Diocese.     This 
provision,  concerning  the  use  of  the  Office  of  Institution,' 
is  not  to  be  considered  as  applying  to  any  Congregation 
•       destitute  of  a  house  of  worship. 
Miifstbrr^emoVi''       ^  ^'  "^^  Mijiistcr,  rcmoviug  from  one  Diocese  or  Mission-^ 
[rom'one  DiocofSary  Dlstrlct  to  another,  shall  officiate  as  the  Rector,  Stated* 
*  Minister,  or  Assistant  Minister  of  any  Parish  or  Congrega- 
•    .      tion  of  the  Diocese  or  District  to  which  ho  removes,  until 
'    '  he  shall  have  obtained  from  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  a 
certificate  in  the  words  following  :  *.  .     . 

"I  hereby  oel•tif3^that  tlio  Iicv.  A.  E.  has  been  cvnonically  transferred 
to  my  jurisdiction,  and  is  a  Minister  in  regular  standing." 

Aipisaiccmmu-  •  §3.  The  Alms  and  .Contributlons  at  thc  administration  of 
the  Holy  Communion  shall  be  deposi1:ed  with  the  Minister  of 
the- Parish,  or  with  such  Church  officer  as  shall  be  appointed 
by  him,  to  be  applied  by  the  Minister,  or  under  his  super- 
intendence, to  such  pious  and  charitable  uses  as  shall  by 
him  be  thought  fit. 
of  Minis-  §  4.  ri-1  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  Ministers  to  prepare  youug 
persons  and.  others  tor  the  holy  ordinance  oi  Confirmation. 

•  And  on  notice  being  received  from  the  Bishop  of  his  inten- 

tion to  visit  any  Church  for  the  purpose  of  administering 
that  rite,  which. notice  shall  be  at  least  one  month  before  the 
intended  visitation,  the  Minister  shall  give  immediate  notice 
to  his  parishioners,  individually,  as  opportunity  may  offer, 
and  also  to  the  Congregation  on  the  first  occasion  of  public 
worship  after  the  receipt  of  said  notice.  And  he  shall  be 
ready  to  present  fofr  confirmation  «uch  persons  as  he  shall 
think  properly  qualified,  and  shall  deliver  to  the  Bishop  a 
list  of  the  names  of  those  confirmed. 

.^A^bT c?B '^'*      C^'J  And  at  every  visitation  the  Minister  and  Churcli 

lioE,  "      Wardens,  or  Vestry,  shall  lay  before  the  Bishop,  if  required, 

the  Parish  records,  and  give  information  to  him  of  tliQ  state 

of  the  Congregation,  under  such  heads  as  shall  have  been 

committed  to  them  in  the  notice  given  as  aforesaid. 

For  tte  Dioce-      [8.]  And  furthcr,  the  Ministers  and  Church  "Wardens  of 

"*"  '^*"""  ■        such  Congregations  as  cannot  be  conveniently  visited  in  anj^ 


tere  about  Contir- 


TiTi.;:  n.— Gi':Ni:n^i%i:k:GULATioxrf  (ft^  MINISTERS.  •  ■.  23 

year,  shall  bring  or  send  to  tl\e  Bisliqp,  at  the  stated" meet-      cluonui 
ing*of  Ihe  Council  of  tlio  Diocese,  information  of  the  State    '-^^^■-^ 
of  the  Congregation^  under  such  heads  as  shall  have  been 
committed  to  them  at  least  one  month  before  the  meeting 
,cf  the  Council.  .  ■  •         " 

•    §  5.  [1.]  E\'cry  Minister  of  this  Church  shall  keep  a  reg-  varuiiuegisui. 
i.ster  of  baptisms,  confu-mations,  communicants,  marriages    ♦ 
and  ftmerals,  within  his  cure,  agreeably  to  such  rules  as  may 
1)0  pi'ovided  by  the  Council  of  the  Diocese  where  his  cure  ' 

^^*^^J«iiJ^ii^»ftP%'^fi^'^  ^^  vprovidcd,  tliign  iu  such  manner  as       • 
•^n  Ms'  THscrdSoTiriTe  shall  tlmilc  best  suited  to  flic  usfts'of  ^^^  '  V*! 
such  a  i-egistcr. 

'[2.]  The  intention  of  the  llegistcr  of  "Baptisms  is  hereby   to  prove churcu 
declared  to  be,  as  for  other  good  uses,  so  cspeciall}^  for  the  ^""''crsiiip. 
proving Vof  the  right  of  the  Church-membership  of  those 
who  may  have  been  admitted  into  this  Church  by  the  holy 
oi'dinauGC  of  Baptism.  .  .  '  , 

[3.]  Every  Minister  of  this  Church  shall  make  out  and   Li=i  or  taniiiicf. 
continue,  as  far  as  practicable,  a  list  of  all  families  and  adult  •. 

persons  within  liis  cure,  which,  with  all  other  Parish  records 
in  his  keeping,  shall,  in  case  of  liis  removal,  be  entrusted  t6 
the  Wardens  of  the  Church,  to  remain  for  the  use  of  his 
successor,  to  be  continued  by  him  andby  every  future  Min- 
ister in  the  same  Parish. 

§6.  [1.]    No  Minister   belonging   to   this    Church  shall    omciin*- or 
officiate,  either  by  preaching,  reading  prayers  or  otherwise,  curefoTothers-''' 
in  the  Parish,  or  withih  the  parochial  cure  of  another  cler- 
gyman, without  the  consent  of  the  Minister  of  the  Parish  or 
•     cure;  or,  in  his  al)sence,  of  the  Church  AVardens  and  Vestr}'- 
mcn,  or  Trustees  of  the  Cotigregat.iou,  or  a  majority  of  them. 

[2,]  If  any  Minister  of  this  Church,  from  .inability  or  xegiccfor  jim- 
otlier  cause,  fail  to  perform  the  regular  services  in  his  Con-  "^'''''"  • 
gregation,  and  refuse,  without  good  cause,  his  consent  to  the 
,  officiating  of  any  other  Minister  of  this  Church  within  his 
cure,  the  Church  Warckns,  Vestrymen  or  Trustees  of  such 
Congregation  shall,  on  proof  of  such  failure  or  refusal  before 
the  Ecclesiastical  AuthoEity,  or  before  such  persons  as  may 
be  deputed  thereby,  or  before  such  persons  as  may  be,  by  the  ,    . 

regulations  of  this  Church  in  any  Diocese,  vested  with  the 
power  of  hearing  and  deciding  on  complaints  against  Cler-  • 

^ymen,  have  power,  Avith  the  written  consent  of  the  bcfore- 
meutioucd  authority,  to  open  the  doors  of  their  Church  to 
any  regular  Minister  of  this  Church.  '  , 

§  7.  [1.]  A  Minister  of  this  Church  removing  within  the  cicrkuircjiAa'  . 
iurisdiction  of  any  Bishop  or  other  Ecclesiastical  Authority,'' 


24'  ■"*  TITl.i:  I!.-   GK^'KWAl.  liKCrJ^V'tjKLXH  OF  MIN*1STE1 


• 


lien  CO. 


..'anon  II.      .sliiill,  ill  ortlcr  to  gain,  cuiioiiical  residence  ^yithiii  the  Siune, 

''■*^/ — '     present  to  said.  EcclesiasticarAutbQl'ity  a  testimonial  f»oni 

the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the  Diocese  or  IMissioiiary 

,  ,  District  in  whidi  lie  last  i>esided,  which  testimonial  shall  'set 

Ibrth  "his  trud!  s^tanding  and  character.     The  testimonial  y\\^' 

■  he  in'the  following  words:  ".    '.  *         •' 

i.,-u.-,>.i.in."-r^.      '■  I  licreliy  coytify'tli.nt  A.  15.,  avLo  has  -^i^'uilicd  io  itie  liis  tiosii-e  to  bo     ■ 

.  tralisfoiTc'd  to 'the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  6f r^^'  '*  a  Presbyter 

*  (ov  Deapoii )  of  — ^ — : — ,  in  rvgnlar  .staiKJinp;-,  ancl  lias  uot^So  far  asl  J:no\v 
,*      t>f  believe,  been  justly  liable  t«  evil  report,  for  errov  in  rengion  oi*  vicious- 
ly  .  •^•p  9fit§0Mm>'r  threyyj«ffr>}  l"i^J\<K^»  *  ""'^^y  t  >»*  ■■<i»ii»t   ■   ,^ 

:  All* such  testimonials  shall  he  called  Letters  ])ira|ssor3'.« 
.J^onuaV'lvsi-       [2^]  ^0  ,such  Icftcrs  shaM  aft'ect  a  .^Minister's  canonicjil 
rcsidei)(!^e,"uutii,  after  haying  beoii  presented  according  t#  ♦ 
^address,  thvy  .<hall  have  been  accepted,  and  notilieation  of 
'si^cti 'acceptance  given  to  the  inttliority  w:lience  it  proceeded. 
TJie  residence  Okf  the  jNIinister  so  trausterred  shall  date  from 
the  acceptance,  of  hi.s  letters  dimissory.     If  not  presente'd 
within,  til re(}  months  after  date,  they  may  be  considered  as 
void  by  the  a^uthority  whence  they  proceeded ;  and  shall  be 
Ao  cpnsiderpd,  unless  they  be  presented  within  six  montlis. 
[o.]  If  a  Mimster,' removing  into  Anothej.'  Diocese, -^yI^o. 
has  been  oalled.-to  take  cliarge  of  fi  Parish  ov  Cougregation, 
.■>hall  jn-eseiit  atestimonial  in  the  form  aforesaid,  it. shall -be 
the  dtity  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  tlic  J)ioceseto 
,  which  he  has  removed,  to  accept  it,  unless  the  J^ishop  or 
iii.ut.s,i.  Standing  (voinmittce  sh-ould  hav<i  heard  rumors,,  which  he 

or. they  believe  to'be  well  founded,  against  the  character  of 
the  Minister  concerned,  and'  Which  would  form  a  proper 
gro.uud  of  canonical   inquiiy'imd   ])resentment;   in  which 
•    .        case  tl>e  Ecclesiastical  Authority  .shall  communicate  the  same 
•         to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the  Diocese  to  whose  juris- 
^vl,onl•ol.isol.•  diction  tliQ  said  Minister  belongs;  an'd,in  suclicase,  it. shall 
, »    '  not  be  the  duty  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Apthorit}'  to  accept  the 
testimonial  unless,  and  until  there  bc^satisfactory  explanation 
of  such  rumors. 
Letter. riams.^0.      [4.]  It  shall  Ix?  thc  (luty  of  all  ^^inistcrs.  except  chaplains 
M^iwi!'"'  ""'  ""  in  the  army  and  navy,  and  professors  and  oflicers  in  insti- 
tutions under  the  dire^ctiou  of  the  G  eneral  Council,  to  obtain 
and  present  letters  dimissory  as  above  descnbed,  whenever 
they  remove  from  one  Diocese  or  Missionary  District  to  any 
other  Diocese  or  Missionary  District,  whether  Domestic  w 
Foreign,  and  remain  there  for  the  spaed  of  six  mouths.     If, 
at  the  end  of  that  time,  any  Minister,  so  removing,  shall 
'   not  have  obtained  and  presented  such  letters,  the  Di.shop  of 


IU-cc)pti' 


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TitLK  11.— GENERAL  REGULATIONS  OF  MINISTERS.  * '  25 

*  *  ,    ■ 

the  Diocese  from  wliich  he  has  removed  shall  have  the  right*     canoa  ir. 
to  transfer  him  by  letters  dimissory  into  the  Diocese  of  the     '^— v— ^ 
Bishop  iDto  whose  jurisdiction  he.has  removed. 
'    §  8.  A  Minister  is  settled  for  all  pm-poses  here  or  elsewhere 
mentioned  in  these  Canons,  who  has  been  engaged  perma-  . 
nently  by  any  Parish,  according  to  the  rules  of  the  Diooese 
to  which  the  Parish  belongs,  or  for  any  term  not  less  than 
one  year.  , 


cano:n'  hi. 

( )  F    TM  S  H  O  P  S . 

« 

§  1.  To  entitle  a  Diocese  to  the  choice  of  a  Bishop  by  the  5^1,0"''°°  ®^ 
Council  thereof,  there  must  be,  at  the  time  of  such  choice, 
and  have  been  during  the  year  previous,  at  least  six  officia- 
ting Presbyters  therein,  regularly  settled  in  a»  -Parish  or 
Church,  and  qualified  to  vote  for  a  Bishop,  and  six  or  more 
Parishes  represented  in  the  Council  electing. 

§2.  [1.]  Whenever  the  Church  in  any  Diocese  shall  be  i''-"9«' f^^- con- 
desirous  of  the  consecration  of  a  Bishop  elect,  the  Standing 
Committee  of  the  Church  in  such  Diocese  shall,  by  their 
President,  or  by  some  person  or  persons  specially  appointed, 
communicate  the  desire  to  the  Standing  Committees  of  the 
Churches  in  the  different  Dioceses,  together  with  evidence 
of  has  election,  and  a  (^rtified  copy  of  the  following  testi-  •. 

moniaJ :  *        . 

Testimony/  from  the  Members  of  the  Council  in  the  Diocese  from  whence     Testimony  from 

.,      T>  .  1  J  J-       /y  ^-  "  Diocesan  Council. 

the  Person  ts  recommeruled  for  Oonsecratton. 
"We,  whose  names  are  underwritten,  fully  sensible  how  important  it 
is  that  the  sacred  office  of  a  Bishop  should  not  be  unworthily  conferred, 
and  firmly  persuaded  that  it  is  our  duty  to  bear  testimony  on  this  solemn 
occasion,  witliout  partiality  or  atfectibn,  do,  in  the  presence  of  Almighty 
God,  testify  that  A.  B.  is  not,  so  far  as  we  are  informed,  justly  liable  to 
evil  report,  cither  for  error  in  religion,  or  for  viciousness  in  life,  and 
that  we  do  not  know  or  believe  there  is  any  impediment,  on  account  of 
which  he  ought  not  to  be  consecrated  to  that  Holy  Office.     We  do,  more- 
over, jointly  and  severally,  declare  that  avc  do,  in   our   conscience,  be-  . 
liove  him  to  1)6  of  such  sufficiency  in  good  learning,   such  soundness  in  '' 
.the  faith,  and  of  such  virtuous  and  pure  manners,  and   godly  conversa^ 
tioa,  that  he  is  apt  and  meet  to  exercise  the  office  of  a  Bishop  to  the 
honor  of  God,  and  the  edifying  of  His  Church,  and  to  be  a  wholesome  ex-  • 

ample  to  the  Hock  of"  Christ." 

[2.]  The  evidence  of  the  consent  of  the  Standing  Com- 
mittees shall  be  in  the  form  following,:  ^ 


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26  TITLE  II.— GENERAL  REGULATIONS  DF  MIN^STERSi 

*    .  ■ 

Canon  in.'  .  Testhnoiiy  fro7n  the  Standing  Ccmimittee  of  {naming  tlie  iJiocese). 

,     7^  "  We,-  whose  names  are  underwritten,  fully  sensible  how  important  it 

theStoiKU°Jcom-is  that  the  sacred  ofBce  of  a  Bishoi)  shonld  not  he  unworthily  conferred,* 

iBittee.  f^Q(j  firmly  persuaded  that  it  is  our  diity  to  bear  testimony,  oil  this  solemiv 

occasion,  without  partiality  or  affection,  do,  in  the  presence  of  Almighty 

God,  testify  that  A.  B.  is  not,  sofar  jas.we  are  informed,  justly  liable  to 

evil  report,  either  for  error  in  religion,  or  for   viciousness  of  life;  and    * 

that  we  do  not  know  or  believe  there  is  any  impediment,  on  account  of 

.  ,         Avhich  lie  oJight  not  to  be  consecrated  to   that  Holy  Office,  but  that  he 

hath,  as  \\q  believe,  led  his  life,  for  three  years  last  past,  piously,  soberjy 

and  honestly." 

Consent  of      [3.]  And  if  tile  major  number  of  the  Standing  Commit- 
"  °'"'  tees  shall  consent  to  the  proposed  consecration,  the  Stand- ' 

ing  Committee  of  the  Diocese  concerned  shall  forward  the 
evidence  of  such  consent,  together  with  other  testimonials, 
•     to  the  Senior  Bishop  of  this  Church,  who  shall  communi- 
cate the  same  to  all  the  Bishops  of  this  Church  in  the  Con- 
federate States;  and  if  a  majorit}^  of  the  Bishops  consent    t 
_     to  tffe  consecration,  the   Senior  Bishop,  with   two  other. 
•  #1||F  Bishops,  "bV "  atiy  thtee  Bisliops  to '  whbua  he  may  eommum-%»4 
•    .  cate  the  testimonials,  may  proceed  to  perform  the  same. 

Consecration  of      [4.]  AVhcu  thc  clectlon  of  a  Bishop  occurs  within  the    * 
wuh^fn^thj^ee  thrcc  mouths  preceding  the  regular  meeting  of  the  General 
SS  oMh^  Council,  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Diocese  shall  com- 
uenerai council,   j^^^nicatc  to  the  General  Council  the  desire  of  the  Diocese 
for  the  consecration  of  the  Bishop  elect,  together  with  evi- 
,       dence  of  his  election,  and  the  testimonial  required  by  §  2, 
•       [1.]  of  this  Canon ;  and,  if  a  majority  of  both  Orders  in  the  • 
House  of  Deputies  shall  consent  to  the  proposed  consecra- 
tipn,  and  shall  sign  and  transmit  to  the  House  of  Bishops, 
the  testimony  contained  in  §  2.  [2.]  of  this  Canon  ;  and  if  a 
majority  of  the  Bishops  entitled  to  seats  in  the  House  of 
Bishops  shall  consent  to  the  proposed  consecration,  the  Pre-' 
siding  Bishop  shall  take  order  for  the  same. 
pjace  of -cousc-      [5.]  Tlic  consccration  of  a  Bishop  shall,  if  practicable, 
take  place  always  in  the  Diocese  of  which  he  is  the  Bishop 
elect.  ■  .         . 

Age.  §  3.  No  man  shall  be  consecrated  a  Bishop  of  this  Church 

until  he  shall  be  thirty  years  old. 
Assistant  niiii'-      §  4.   \\^hen  a  Bishop  of  a  Diocese  is  unable,  by  reason  of 
old  age,  orotlier  permanent  cause  of  infirmity,  to  discharge _ 
his' Episcopal  duties,  one  Assistant  Bishop  may  be  elected' 
by  tihtl  fbr  the  said  Diocese,  who  shall,  in  all  cases,  succeed' 
the  Bishop,  in  case  of  surviving  hini.     The  Assistant  Bishop 
shall  perform  such  Episcopal  duties,  and  exercise  such  Epis- 
copal authokrity  in  the -Diocese,  as  the  Bishop  shall  assign  to 


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TITLE  IL— GENERAL  UEGULATIONS  OF  MINISTERS.  27 

Mm;  and,  in  case  of  the  Bishop's  inability  to  assign  such      canon m. 

duties,  declared  by  the  Council  of  the  Diocese,  the  Assist-     '     ^^     ' 

ant  Bishop  shall,   during  such  inabilit}-,  perform  all.  the 

duties,  and  exercise  all  the  authorities  which  appertain  to 

the  ofhce  of  a  Bishop.     No  person  shall  be  elected  or  con-   -^'o  suffragaus- 

secrated  a  Suiiragau  Bishop,  nor  shall  there  be  more  than 

one  Assistant  Bishop  in  a  Diocese  at  the  same  time. 

§  5.  ("1.]  Every  Bishop  of  this  Church  shall  visit  the  ut^p^^^^^  ''''■ 
Churches  within  his  Diocese  at  least  once  in  three  years,  for 
the  purpose  of  examining  the  state  of  his  Church,  inspect- 
ing the  behaviour  of  his  clergy,  administering  the  apostolic 
rite  of  confirmation,  ministering  the  Word,  and  if  he  think 
fit,  administering  the  Sj^crament  of  the  Lord's  Supper  to 
the  people  committed  to  his 'charge,  and  shall  keep  a  register 
of  all  his  ofiicial  acts. 

[2.J  i^o  Bishop  of  this  Church  shall  reside  beyond  the  ^  Epjscopai  rcii- 
limits  of  his  Diocese,  unless   mth   the  consent  of  three, 
fourths  of  his  Diocesan  Council  given  at  each  of  its  Sessions. 

§  0.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  anv  Bishop  of  a  Diocese,  who    Bishopsabami 

,  «*',•'■*.  ••  for  ^  tint'*, 

is  about  to  leave  or  has  left  his  Diocese,  with  the  intention  '    » 

of  going  out  of  the  limits  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  if 
remaining  out  of  his  Diocese  for  the  space  of  thr6e  calendar  " 
months,  although  without  leaving  the  Confederate  States, 
to  authorize,  by  writing  under  his  hand  and  seal,  the  Assist- 
ant Bishop,  or,  should  there  be  none,  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee of  such  Diocese,  to  act  as  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority 
thereof.  The  Assistant  Bishop,  or  Standing  Committee  so 
authorized,  shall  thereupon  become  the  Ecclesiastical  Au- 
thority of  such  Diocese,  to  all  intents  and  purposes,  until 
such  writidg  shall  be  revoked,  or  the  Bishop  shall  return 
within  the  Diocese  :  Provided,  That  nothing  in  this  Canon 
shall  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  any  Bishop,  who  may  have 
signed  such  writing,  from  exercising  his  jurisdiction  himself, 
so  far  as  the  same  may  be  practicable,  during  his  absence 
from  his  Diocese,  or  froni  permitting  and  authorizing,  any 
other  Bishop  to  perform  Episcopal  offices  for  him. 

§  7.  The  Bishop  of  each  Diocese  may  compose  forms  of  anj'umSk.^vin;^ 
prayer  or  thanksgiving,  ^s  the  case  may  require,  for  extra-  ^''J^.^iXt!      '^ 
ordinary  occasions,  and  transmit  them  to  each  Clergyman 
within  his  Diocese,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  use  such  forms 
in  his  Church  on  such  occasions. .   And  the  Clergy  in  those 
States  or  Dioceses,  or  other  places  within  the  bounds  of  this 
Church,  in  which  there  is  no  Bishop,  may  use  the  form  of 
prayer  or  thanksgiving  composed  by  the  Bisho]5  of  any  Dio- 
cese.   The  Bishop  in  each  Diocese  may  also  compose' forms  of  , 
prayer  to  be  u^ed  before  legislative  and  other  public  bodies. 


28  Title  il— gki^'eral  iiegulations  of  ministers. 

canoniir. .        §8.  Ally  BisliOp  exercisiug  juriscliction,  may,  on  the  in- 
^'l^'v — '     vitation  of  the  Council  or  the  Standing  Committee  of  any 

va^anfi?KsV"  Diocese  where, there  is  no  Bishop,  or  where  the  Bishop  is, 
for  the  time,  under  a  disahility  to  perform  Episcopal  Offices 
•  by  reason  of  a  judicial  sentence,  visit  and  perform  Episcopal 
Offices  in  that  Diocese,  or  in  any  part  thereof;  and  this 
invitation  may  be  temporary,  and  it  may  vet  any  time  be 
revoked. 

EionS-TBi'sLops.'''     §  ^'  [!•]  T^^  House  of  Deputies  may,  from  time  to  time, 
'  on  nomination  by  the  House  of  Bishops,  elect  a  suitable 
•  .      person  to  be  a  Bishop  of  this  Church,  to  exercise  EpiscopaJ  • 
functions  in  States  or  Territories  not  organized  into  Dio- 

.lenw^uf  ekoli(fiu' ceses.  The  evidence  of  such  election  shall  be  a  certificate, 
to  be  subscribed  by  a  constitutional  majority  of  said  House 
of  Deputies,  in  the  form  required  by  §  2.  of  this  Canon  to 
be  given  by  the  members  of  Diocesan  Councils,  on  the  re- 
commendation of  Bishops  elect  for  consecration,  which 
certificate  sh'till  be  pmduccd  to  tlic  House  of  Bishops ;  and 
if  the  House  of  Bishops  shall  consent  to- the  consecration,*, 
f  they  may  take  order  for  that  purpose.  . 

•  jurisdiciion. '  [2.]  The  Bisliop  so  elected  and  consecrated  shall  exercise 
'  *  Episcopal  functions  in  such  Stxites  and  Territories,  in  con- 
formity with  the  Constitution  and  Qanons  of  this  Church, 
and  under  such  regulations  and  instructions,  not  inconsis- 
tent therewith,  as'the  Honfee  of  Bishops  may  prescribe ; 
and  the  House  of  Bishops  may  at  any  time  increase  or  di- 
minish the  number  of  States  or  Territories  over  Avhich  the 
said  Bishop  or  Bishops  shall  exercise  Episcopal  functions. 
vacaccy.  '  [3.]  In  case  of  tlie  death  or  resignation  of  a  Missionary* 
Bishop,  or  of  vacancy  by  other  cause,  the  xjharge  of  the 
vacant  Missionary  Episcopate  shall,  until  another  Bishop  be 
elected  and  consecrated,  devolve  on  the  senior  Bishop  of 
this  Church,  with  the  power  of  appointing  some  other  * 
Bishop  as  his  substitute  in  said  charge. 
^^•°"  [4.]  Any  Bishop  elected  and  consecrated  under  this  sec- 
tion, shall  be  eligible  to  tlie  ofiice  of  Diocesan  Bishop  in  any 
ol'ganized  Diocese  within  the  Confederate  States,  with  tlic 
consent  of  three-fourths  of  the  Bishops  having  seats  in  the 
.House  of  Bishops,  and  of  the  Standing  Committees  of -three 
fourths  of  the  several  Dioceses,  said  consent  to  be  signified 
to  thfe  Senior  Bishop  and  announced  by  him ;  or,  if  the 
^Missionary  Bishop  be  elected  Diocesan  vrithin  three  months 
preceding  the  meeting  of  the  General  Council,  with  the  . 
consent^ of  tttee-fourths  of  both  orders  present  in  the  House 
of  Deputies,  and  of  three-fourths  of  the  Bishops  present  in 
the-House"  of  Bishops.  And  whenever  a  Diocese  shall  have 


cesan. 


TITLE  II.— GENERAL  RtGULATIOXS  .OF  MINI§TTHS.  '  '     •    29 

been  organized  witliin  tlie  jurisdiction  of  such  Missionaiy  .  canon iii. 
Bishop,  if  he  shall  be  chosen  Bishop  of  such  Diocese,  h6  ''"^^-^ 
may  accept  the  office,  and  shall  thereby  vacate  his  mission- 
ary appointiTlent :  Provided^  That  he  continue  to  discharge 
the  duties  of  Missionary  Bisliop  within  the  residue  of  his 
original  jurisdiction,  if  there  be  suoli  residue,  until  the 
meeting  of  the  next  General  Council.  ■     ■ 

[5.]  Every  such  Bishop  may  yearly  appoint  two  Preaby-  #  ' 

ters,  and  two  Laymen  communicants  of  tliis  Church,  resi-    .  MaV  appoint 
dent   within  his   missionar}'  jurisdiction,  to  perform  the   mutee?"  ^°™' 
duties   of  a  iStanding    Committee   for   such  jurisdiction  : 
Provided,  That  no  Standing  Committee  constituted  under  • 

this  Section  shall  have  power  to  give  or  refuse  assent  to  the» 
consecration  of  a  Bishop.  • 

[6.]  Every  such  Bishop  shall  report  to  each  General  Coun- 
cil-his  official  acts,  aiid  the  state  and  conditionof  the  Church.  „.iic'ounrtL^'°' 
in  said  States  and  Territories  of  the  Confederate  States. 

§  10.  [1.]  The  House  of  Deputies  may,  from  time  to 
time,  on  nomination  by  the  House  of  Bishops,  elect  a  suit-  • 

able  person  to   be  a  Bishop  of  this  Church,  to  exercise   .  I'^wfip  ^Jis- 
Episcopal   functions   in   any    missionaiy    station  'of   ^j^jg '"'"^"■J' ^^'^f'"- 
(Church  out  of  the  Territory  of  the   Coufcderato  States,     , 
\vhieli  the  House  of  Bi6hops,^with  the  concnrrence  of  the 
House  of  Deputies,   may  have  designated.     Tho  evidence 
of  such  election  shall  be  a  certificate,  to  be  subscribed  by  a 
constitutional  majority  of  said  House  of  Depnties,  express-   Evuience  of dcc- 
ing  their  assent  to  the  said  nomination,  whicli  certiticatfi  "°"'     * 
shall  be  produced  to  the  House  of  Bishops;    and  if  the  - 
House  of  Bishops  shall  consent  to  the  consecration,  they 
may  take  order  for  that  purpose. 

^  [2.]  Any  Bishop  elected  and  consecrated  under  this  Sec- 
tion,  or  any  foreign  Missionary  Bishop  heretolore  conse- 
crated to  exercise  Episcopal  functions  in  any  })]ace  or  country   Ju.iauciion. 
which  may  havo  been  thus  designated,  shall  ha\e  no  juris- 
diction, except  in   the  place  or  country  lor  which  he  hUs 
T^een  elected  s§ld  consecrated.     He'  shall  be  entitled  to  a 
seat,  bhtnot  a  vQte,  in  the  House  of  Bishops.     He  shall 
not  become  a  Diocesan  Bishop  in  any  organized  Diocese 
within  the  Confederate  States,   unless''witiivhe  consent -of 
three-fourths  of  all  the   Bisliops  entitled   to  seats  in  the. 
House  of  Bishops,  ajid  also  with  the  consent  of  the  Stand- '  \ 
ing  Committees  of  three-fourths  of  the  Dioceses. 
^  [3.]  Any  Bishop  elected  and  consecrated  under  this  Sec- 
tion, or  any  Foreign  ]S[issionary  Bishop  heretofore  conse-.   m-u ordain, 
crated,  may  ordain  as  Deacons 'or  Presbyters,   to  officiate  .     •    *'. 


•  « 


30  TITLE  lI.i-OE^-tiR.Ui  HEGULATIONS  OF  MLMSTEKS. 

Canon  III.,    within  the  limits  of  liis  Mission,  any  persons  of  the  age 
'^'^-^^"^     required  bj'  the  Canons  of  this  Church,  who  shall  exhibit  to  , 
^Tcstimouuisfpr  \ilu\  thc  testimoulals  required  by  Canons  V.   and  VII.  of 
Title  I.,  signed  bj-  not  less  than  two  of  the  ordained  Mission- 
«.  ,        aries  of  this  Church  who  may  be  subject  to  his  charge: 
Provkfed,  nevertheless,   That  if  there  be  only  one  ordained 
Missionary  attached  to  the  Mission,  and  capable  of  acting 
•  at  the  time,  the  signature  of  a  Presbyter,  under  the  jurisdic- 

tion of  any  Bishop  in  communion  with  this  Church,  in  good 
standing,  ma}'  be  admitted  to  supply  the  deficiency. 
Dis).enMiion.        [4.]  Awy  Forcigu  Missionary  Jiishop  consecrated  under 
this  Section,  or  heretofore  consecrated,  niay,  by  and  with 
the  advice  of  two  Trcsbyters,  one  of  whom,  if  necessity  re- 
<iuire,  sliall  be  a  ]*resbyter  in  good  standing  under  the  juris- 
diction of  any  Bishop  in  connimuion  with  this  Church,  dis- 
pense  with  those  studies  required  from  a  candidate  for  Or- 
rrovisos.      ders  by  the  Canons  of  this    Church  :  Provided,  l^o  person 
shall  be  ordained  Priest  by  him,  who  has  not  passed  a.  satis- 
factory examination,  in  the  presence- of  two  Presbyters,  aa 
to  his  theological  !eariii'.ig  and  aptitude  to  teach:  And  j^ro- 
'  ridcd/Jiirtkei,  That  Jio  perso;i  shall  be  ordained  J)eacon  by 
him,  until  he  shall  liave  been  a  candidate  for  at  least  one 
itcbtiictions.     ^^^^^      y^^^  ^^^^^^  ^j^^.  JJ^,rJ^^^y^^  ^y^.  i'riest,  wjio  shall  have  been 

ordained  under  this  Section,  be  allowed  to  hold  any  cure, 
or  officiate  in  the  Church  in  these  Confederate  tStates,  until 
he  shall  have  complied  with  existing  ( 'auons,  relating  to 
"tlie  learning  of  jiersons  to  be  ordained. 

juiisdiction  over      fo.l  Auv  ForciiTU  Mi.-^sioiiary  Bishop  elected  and  consc- 
men.,  crated  under  this  Section,  or  any  ±  oreign  Missionary  i»ishoi« 

heretofore  consecrated,  shall  have  jurisdiction  and  govern- 
ment according  to  the  Canons  of  this  Church,  over  all 
Mi.ssionarics  or  Clergymen  of  this  Church,  resident  in  the 
district  or  country  for  which  he  may  have  been  consecrated, 

stAndins  Con,-  ^Qi  Ev.cry  such  Bishop  may  yearly  appoint  not  kss  than 
two,  nor  more  than  Hve  Presbyters,  resident  within  his 
missiouSry  jurisdiction,  to  act  as  a  Stanc^g  Committee',  . 
uf)on  all  questions  pertaining  to  the  interests  thereof ;  and, 
in  case  of  the  absence  of  the  Bishop  from  his  jurisdiction, 
or  of  a  vacancy  in  the  Episcopate,  said  Standing  Commit-  . 
tee  shall  be  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  such  missionary 
jurisdiction.  .  • 

KcporttoGcue-      [7.]  Evcrv  Bisliop  elected  and  consecrated  under  this 

1  Lo«ncii  gection,  or  Foreign  iMissionary  Bishop  heretofore  consecra- 
ted, shall  report  \o  each  General  Council  his  official  acts,^ 
and  the  state  of  the  Mission  under  lus  supemsion. 


lal  Council, 


TITLE  JI.— <:;ENERAft  BEUUL^TIQNS  OF  MlXlSTCRS.  .  31 

§  11/  [1.].  A  Diocese  without  a  Bishop,  or  of  which' the     canon lu. 
Bishop  is  for  the  time  under  a  disability  h}^  reason  of  a     ^l^"'""^ 
judicial  sentence,  may,  by  its  Council,'  he  placed  under  the*  a  BiEiion'^piaoea 
full  Episcopal  charge  and  authorit}'  of  the  Bishop  of  another  ""other  BSsLp. 
Diocese,  or  of  a  Missionary  Bishop,  wlio  shall  by  that  act 
he  authorized  to  perform  all  the  duties  and  otlices  of  the 
Bishop  of  the  Diocese  so  vacant  or  having  the  Bishop  disa- 
bled ;    until,  in  the  case  of  a  vacant  Diocese,  a  Bishop  he  .     ' 
duly  elected  and  consecrated  for  the  same  ;  and,  in  the  case 
of  a  Diocese  whose  Bishoj)  is  disqualified  as  aforesaid,  until 
the  disqualification  he  removed ;  or  until,  in  either  case,  the 
said  act  of  the  Council  l)e  revoked.        • 

[2.]  Xo  Diocese  thus  placed  under  the  full  charge  and  to^'offl*Te"ihcrC    ' 
authority  of  the  Bishop  of  another  Diocese,"  or  a-Missionary  ^i^'"^   ^"'^'^ 
Bishop,  shall  invite  a  second  Bishop  to  perform  an}'  Episco-' 
pal  dnty,  or  exercise  authority,  till  its  connection  Anth  the 
first  Bishop  has  exj^ired  or  is  revoked. 

§  12.  [1.]  If,  during  the  session  of  the  General  Couhcil,  '  episcVi  rcsis 
or  within  six  calendar  months  before  the  meeting  of  any  "•''*'°°'-. 
such  Council,  a  Bishop  shall  desire  to  resign  his  jurisdiction, 
he  shall  make  known  in  writing  to  theHouse  of  Bishops 
such    his  desire,  together  with  the  reasons   moving  hin[\ 
thereto  ;  whereupon  the  House  of  Bishops  mny  investigate   investigation 
the  whole  case  of  the  proposed  resignation,  including  not 
only  the  facts  and  reasons  that  may  be  set  forth  in  the  appli- 
cation for  the  proposed  resignation,  bnt  any  other  facts  and 
circumstances  bearing  upon  it,  so  that  the  whole  subject  of 
the  propriety  or  necessity  of«such  resignation  may  he  placed 
fnlly  before  tlie  House  of  Bishops.  ^         ^  '       .  .         ' 

[2.1  An  in vcsti elation  havinc;  thus  been  made,  the  House  *n^"seof  Bish-* 

^    Ti-    1  V       •  T  ii  T        ,•  11  1  ops  to   «ccept  or 

ot  Bishops  may  decide  on  the  application  ;  and,  bv  the  vote  '•«fus«- 
of  a  majority  of  those  present,  accept  or  refuse  to  accept 
such  resignation  ;  and,  in  all  cases  of  a  proposed  resignation, 
the  Bishops  shall  cause  their  proceedings  to  he  recorded  on 
their  journal ;  and,  in  case  of  acceptance,  the  r^esignatiou 
shall  be  complete  when  thus  recorded  ;  and  notice  "thereof 
shall  be  given  to  the  House  of  Deputies. 

rS.l  In  case  a  Bishop  should  desire  to  resign  at  anv  period  .  i'«'Knati'i°,f">- 
notwitliin  Six  calewdar  months  before  the  meeting  of  a  "■"' (^"'""ii'- 
General  Council,  he  shall  make  kno\yn  to  the  senior  Bishop 
such  his  desire,  with  the  reasons  moving  him  thereunto  ; 
w^heraupon  the  senior  "Bishop  shall  communicate,  without 
delay,  a  copy  of  the  same  to  every  Bishop  of  this  Chujch        "  ' 
having  Ecclesiastical  jurisdiction  within  the  Confederate'  • 
States;  and  also  to  the  vStandino;  Committee  of  the  Diocese 


32  •  TITLE  ir.-GENERAL  REGULATIONS  OF  MINISTERS. 


oanonin.     to  wlucli  tliG  Bisliop  deslriiig  to  resign  may  belong;  and, 
'"^'v— ^     at  tlio  same  time,  summon  said  Bishops  to  meet  him  in  per- 
'  omct.  ^^^^  ^^  ^  place  to  be  by  him  designated,  and  at  a  time  not 
less  than  three  calendar  mouths  from  the  date  of  his  sum- 
mons ;  and,  should  a  number  not  less  than  a  majority  of  all 
the  said  Bishops  meet  at  the  time  and  place  designated, 
^        they  shall  then  have  all  the  powers  given  by  the  pluvious 
clauses  of  this  Section  to  the  House  of  Bishops ;  and,  should 
a  number  less  than  a  majority  assemble,  they  shall  have' 
power  to  adjourn  from  time  to  time,  until  they  can  secure 
the  attendance  of  a  majority  of  all  the  said  Bishops'.  Should 
a  proposed  resignation  of  a  Bishop  be  accepted  at  any  meet- 
%         ing  of  the  Bishops  for  that  purpose  held  during  a  recess, 
•    then  the  senior  Bishop  present  shall  pronounce  such  resig- 
'  '  xotkc.         nation  complete,  and  communicate  the  same  to  the  Eccle- 
siastical Authority  of  each  Diocese,  who  shall  cause  the 
same  to  be  communicated  to  the  several  Clergymen  in  charge 
of  Congregations  therein.    And  it  shall  be  the  further  duty 
of  the  senior  Bishop  to  cause  sucli  resignation  to  be  for- 
KecoKi.        mally  recorded  on  the  journal  of  the  House  of  Bishops  that 
may  meet  in  General  Council  next  thereafter.  If  the  Bishop 
If  Senior  Bishop,  dcsirous  of  resigning  should  be  the  senior  Bishop,  then  all 
the  duties  directed  in  this  Section  to  be  performed  by  the  se- 
nior Bishop  shall  devolve  upon  the  Bishop  next  in  seniorit3\ 
Rcagped  Bish-      [4.]  !N"o  Bisliop  wliosG  resignation  of  the  Episcopal  juris- 
liocefe!''" '°  "^  diction  of  ii  Diocese  has  been  consummated  pursuant  to 
this  Section,  shpU  be  eligible  to  any  Diocese  now  in  union, 
•  ,       or  which  may  hereafter  be  admitted  into  union,  with  this 
^  Church;  but  he.  may  perform  Episcopal  acts  at  the  request 

*     of  any  Bishop  of  this   Church   within  the  Jimits  of  his 
Diocese. 
Bishops witiioi.t '    [S-.]  A  Bishop,  who  ceases  to  have  charge  of  a  Diocese, 
^nTilicouuciu"  shall  still  be  subject  in  all  matters  to  the  Canons  and  au- 
thority of  the  General  Council. 
Resignation  of      [6-]  In ,casc  a  suspended  Bishop  of  this  Church  should 
suspenSedBiihop.  (Jegipe  ^o  rcsigu  at  any  period   not  within  six  calendar 
months  before  the  meeting  of  a  General  Council,  he  shall 
make  known  bj^  letter  to  the  senior  Bishop  such  desire ; 
whereupon  the  senior  Bishop  shall  communicate  a  copy  of 
the  same  to  each  Bishop  of  this  Church  having  jurisdiction 
within  the  Confederate  States  ;  and,  in  case  a  majority  of 
*  .        such  Bishops  shall  return  to  the  senior  Bishop  their  written 

assent  to  such  resignation,  the  same  shall  be  deemed  valid 
:!^ou«.         and  final ;  and  wrftten  information  of  the -said  resignation 
shall  at  once  be  communicated  "by  the  senior  Bishop  to  the 


TITLE  ir.— GENERAL  REGULATIONS  OF  MINISTERS.     .      , 

Bislio})  and  Diocese  concerned,  and  to  each  Bishop  of  thi;^ 
Church.  And.  it  shall  he  the  further  duty  of  the  senior 
Bishop  to  cause  such  resignation  to  be  formally  recorded 
on  the  journal  of  the  House  of  Bishops  that  may  meet  in' 
General  Council  next  thereafter. 


33 


Canon  111. 


Uccord. 


CAXON  IV. 

OF  A  LIST  OF  THE  MINISTERS  OF  THIS  CRUHCIL 

^  1.  Ijlie  Secretary  of  the  House  of  Deputies  shall  keep       socrcta-y  ^r 
'ti  i-c^i^ter  of  all  tlie  Clergy  tof  this  Church,  whose  names  ucTS  keep  a  rc- 
shalThe  delivered  to  him  in  the  following  manner,  that  is  T"""  '•. ,• 
to  say  :  The  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  this  Church,  in  each  •  ' ' 
'Diocese,  shall,  at  the  time  of  each  General  Council,  deliver 
.to  the  said  Secretary  a  list  of  the  names  of  all  the  IVIinis- 
ters  of  this  Church  in  their  proper  Dioceses,  annexing  the 
names  of  their  respective  cures,  or  of  their  stations  in  any  . 
Colleges  or  other  Seminaries  of  Learning  ;  or,  in  regard  to 
.those  who  have  not  any  cures  or  other  stations,  their  places 
of  residence  only ;    and  the  said  list  shall,  from  time  to 
time,  be  published  in  the  journals  of  the  General  Council. 
§  2.  The  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  each  Diocese  shall, 
<luring  the  intervals  between  the  meetings  of  iliQ  General  noUHcd. 
Council,  take  such  means  of  making  known  the  admission 
of  Ministers  among  them,  as  shall  tend  to  prevent  ignorant . 
and  unwary  people  from  being  imposed  on  by  persons  pre- 
tending to  be  authoriz;cd  Ministers  of  this  Church. 


A^imis^ion  of 
Mjnistors    to    be 


CAXON  V 


OF  the'  mode  OF.SECUniNG  AN   ACCL'RATE  VIEW  OF  TIU-: 
•*  •        STATE  OF  TliE  CIIUKCH. 

§.1.  As. a  full  and  aecurate  view  of  the  state  of  the   Mainmrntinru- 
Church,  from  time  to  time,  is  higlily  useful  and  necessary,  '"^^'"'^ ^'''^'''^'■ 
it  is  hereby  ordeixid  that  every  Minister  of  this  Cliurch   or 
if  the  rarish  be  vacant,  the  Wardens  or  Vestrv,  slwiU  dc- 
4 


o^         '  ■    TITLE  II.- GENKRAL  riKGULATIONS^OF  M]NI!=TEr>S. 

canon  V.      livor,  OH  OT  Vcfore  the  first  da}^  of  every  Dioccsaij  Coimcil, 
*-r^.' — '     tp  tbe  jiisliop  of  the  Diocese,  or  -^-liere  there  is  no  lUshop, 
to  the  President  oi"  tlic  Conncii,  a  statement  of  tlie  number 
of  haptisme,  conlirmations,  marriages  and  fnnerals,  and  of 
the  number  of  communicants  in  bis  Parish  or  Ghnrch,  also 
the  state  and  condition  of  tlic  Sunday  Schools  in  his  Parish, 
.  also  of  the  amount  of  the  Communion  alms^  the  contribu- 
tions for  Missions,  ]^iocesan,  Domestic  and  Foreign,   for 
Parochial  scliools,  fov  Church  purposes  in  general,  and  ot 
^all  other  matters  that  may  throw  light  on'  the  state  of  the 
,.V-i^.-'",","?rsame.  '  And  cvcrv  Clerc:y'man,  not  I'cgularly  settled  in  an^■ 
ici^cfs.  Tarish  or  Church,  shall  also  report  the  occa?>ional  services 

he  mt\y  bavQ   performed-;    and,  if  he  have  performed,  no 
such  services,  the  causes  or  reasous  which  have  prevented 
tht  same.     And  these  report.-*,  (y  such  parts  of  them  as  tlu 
,Bishop  sliail  think  lit,jni\\'  b#  r(^a(l.inX'on!iGi);"nnd  sliall  be 
•  ••*      ••(iMercd  on.  Ihe  jourhab  tlicrooil, 
r;i,i,oi,-iAV.iirefis.'     §  2.  At  cvcr}'  aunuul  I)iocc.>^«,n  "Council,  the  liishop  shall 
deliver  un  address,  stilting  the  ailairs  of  the  Diocese  since 
•  the  lalt  meeting  of  the  Coujicil ;  the  names  of  the  Churchc 
which  he  has  visited'; .  the  uumbei'  of  pereous  confirmed: 
"  the  naMics  of  those' who  have  been  received  as  candidates 
for  Ovders,  and  of  tkgse  who  ha\X!  been  ordained,  susjjcn- 
ded,  or  degraded  ;  the  change.^  by  death,  removal,  or  other- 
wise, which  have,  taken  pl^ce  among  the  Clergy  ;  and,  iy 
general,  all-matters  tending  to- throw  liglit  ou  the  affairs  of 
the  Diocese ;  which  address  shall  be  inserted  on  the  journals. 
.i)uty«of  rjooi-      §  3.  The  Secr^farics  of  the  .Several  Diocesan  -Councifs 
M..>euetar.i*.     gbalMoj'ward  to  the  Kouse  of  Deputies,  at  every  General 
•Couucii,  the  journals  tjf  the   different  Diocesan  Couiitils, 
Episcopal  Charges,  -\ddres.ses  .and  l^astoral  Letters  since 
•thp  last  General  Council,  to^gctliei^X'.'ith  such  ijiher  piapern 
•  :fs  xnay  tend  to  throw  light  on  the  state  of  tire  "Cliurch  iii 

Committee *o»  iu  cacli  Dioccsc.  .-A  Committto.  shall  then  be  appointed  to 
c'lmreh."*  **     "^  draw  "up  a  view  of  the  *^tatc  of  the  Church,  and  to  make 
•  /eport  to  the  House  of  Deputies;  which  report^  when  agreeit 

to  by  the'  said^Iouse,  shall  be-sent  to  the  llouse  of  Bisliops; 
with  a  vequest  that  the}'  will  prej^are  and  publish  a  Pastoral 
Ljetter  to  the  monibers-of  the  ChurcJi.' -^Hien  ofiy  such 
letter,  is  published,  every  Clergyman  havin'^.a  Pastoral 
(.-barge  shall  read  it  to  his  Congregaii(^'  on  some  occasion 
of  pul)lic  worship.       .  \.  *         '  '       ,     '  ' 

§  4.'  The  Bishop  and  Standing  Commit^e  of  the  Church 
fc/e?"  '''■^  in  over}-  Diocese,  or,  if  them  be  no  Bishop,  the'  Standing 
*  Commfttee  only,  shall  prepare,  previously  to  the  meeting  o^ 


I'as'.ora!  I.«(tC!- 


I  i.dfnKu    I'^f 


TiTLK  II.— GI^.'ERAL  lIEGULATiONS  OK  .MLVISTi:i;.^.  '  *  35 

every  Creiieral  Couucil,  a  coudcAscd  rcpoVt,  and  a  tabular      canon  v.   •' 
view  of  the  state  of  the   Church  in  tlieir  Diocese,  com-     ''"^^v — ' 
^irising  tlierciii  a  summary  of  the  statistics  from  the  paro- 
cliial  reports,  and  from  the  Bisliop's  addresses,  j^pecifyiug     * 
the  capital  and  proceeds  of  the  Episcopal  fund,  and  of  all 
l^enevolent    and    missionary    associations    of    Chnrchmcn       \ 
within  the  Diocese,  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  the  ( Commit- 
tee on  the  state  of  the  Ghurch,  appointed  bj"  the  Hipnsc  Of 
J)epnties,  in  drafting  their  reports.  '    • 


CAXOX  VI. 

0 

OF  THE  MODE   OF  rUBLrsIIIXG   AUTllOllIZEf)    EDITFoXS  OF 
THE  STANDARD  HI BLE  OF  TUTS  our ncfl. 

The  Ecclesiastical  'Authority  in   each  l^ioccsc  of   this    K.uuons^om* 
Church  shall  appoint,  fnom  time  to  time,  .some  suitable  ^.'^^'^^^i'^^''  ^^"^ 
person  or  persons,  to  compare  and  correct  all  new  editions  "• 
of  the  Bible  by  the  standard  editioi\,  agreed  upon  by  the 
General  Council,  and  a  certificate  of  their  having  been  so 
<'ftiTip;ivcd  and  corrected  shall  be  published  v.-itli  s;iid  book. 


CA^niN  ViL 

(U-VPL7J[JSHlNa  EDrnOXS.OF-TilE'noOK  .(>F  C(>MMOX« 
TKAYEIJ.       V      • 

The'  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  this  Church,   in-*cach    Cinott  Eauions 

r-  in-  T-»i  f-i-f^'  of  the  Praj-er- 

Diocese,  shall  appoint  one  or  more  i'resbyters  ot  the  Dio-     ^o*-  • . 
cese,  who"  shall  compare  and  correct  every  new  edition  of 
the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  the  Articles,  Offices,  Metre 
Psalms  and  IIymn8,  by  a  copy  of  the  standard  edition;. 'and  '     *   ' 

a  ccrtilicate,  specifying  the  name  of  the  Publishing  i Louse  • 

and  the  date  of  said  edition,  and  that  it  has  been  so  com- 
pared and  corrected,  shall  be  published  with  the  same.  And 

•ia  case  any  edition  shall  be  published  without  such  correc- 
tion, it  sh-all  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Ecclesiastical  Author-  • 
jty  to  give  public  notice  that  such  edition  is  not  authorized 

.  by  the  Cluirch.  '     •        *  •  ^  .  . 


36  TITLE  II.— GENERAL  REGULATIONS  OF  >iINISTERS. 

••• 

(.'anon  VIII. 

''^'^^  CANON  VIII. 

OF  PAROCHIAL  INSTRUCTION.  , 

^'oon'"*'  'i^'"""  1'^^^  Ministers  of  this  Church  who  liave  charge  of  par- 
ishes or  cures,  shall  not  only  be  diligent  in  instructing  the 
children  in  the  Catechism,  but  shall,  also,  by  stated  cate- 
chetical lectures  and  instruction,  be  diligent  in  informing 
the  youth  and  others  in  the  Doctrine,  Constitution  and 
Liturgy  of  the  Church. 


TITLE  III. 
OF   DISCIPLINE 


CANON  I.        . 

OF  AMENAIIILITY  AND  OFFENCES  FOR  WUICII  A  MINTSTER 
MAY  BE  TRIED  AND  PUNISHED.  '.. 

§  1.  Every  Minister  shall  be  amenable  for  offences  com-    to  whom  siin- 
mitted  by  him  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the  Diocese  '-''"''"''*°*.''_- 
in  which  he  is  canonically  resident  at  the  time  of  the  charge. 

§  2.  Every  Minister  shall  be  liable  to  presentment  and     ,.„„i,^,^,j,8  of. 
trial,  for  any  crime  or  immorality,  for  disorderly  conduct,  ^■'"''^^ 
for  drunkenness,  for  profane  swearing,  for  frequenting  places  • 
liable  to  be  abused  to  lieentiousnesness,  and  for  violation  of 
the  Constitution  or  Canons  of  this  Church,  or  of  the  Diocese  ' 
to  which  he  belongs  ;  and,  on  being  found  guilty,  he  shall 
be  admonished,  suspended,  or  degraded,  according  to  the 
Canons  of  the  Diocese  in  which  the  tvial  takes  place. 

§  3.  A  Clergyman. who  presents  a  person  to  the  Bishop  for    Liabimy  pr 
Holy  Ordei*s,  as  specitied  in  the  office  for  Ordination,  with-  semul^'^''  '"*''■ 
-out  having  good  .grounds  to  believe  tliat  the  ref|uisitions  of 
the   Canons   have  been   complied  with,  shall  be  liable  to 
Ecclesiastical  censure. 

§  4.  If  a  Minister  of  this  Church  shall  be  accused,  by  rroceeaings  qii 
public  rumour,  of  discontinuing  all  exercise  of  the  ministc-.  ""''"^''^'"""''■ 
rial  office  without  lawful  cause,  or  of  living  in  the. habitual 
disuse  of  pubhc  worship  or  of  the  Holy  Eucharist,  accord- 
ing to  the  offices  of  this  Churcli,  or  of  being  guilty  of  scan- 
dalous, immoral  or  disorderly  conduct,  or  of  violating  the 
Canons,  or  preaching  or  inculcating  heretical  doctrine,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  tlie  Bisliop,  or^  if  there  be  no  Bishop, 
of  the  Clerical  members  of  the  Standing  Committee,  tp  see 
that  an  inquiry  b^  instituted  as  to  the,  trutli  of  such  public 


38 


TITLE  III— OF  DiSCIPLINJ:. 

rumour.  .Vud  \n  case  of  the  individuai  beiuj^  pl'oceeded 
against  and  convicted  according  to  sucli  rules  oi'  process  a'fe 
may  be  provided  by  the  Councils  of  the  respective  Dioceses, 
.  lie  shall  be  admonished,  suspended  or  degraded,  as  the  nature 
of  the  case  may  require,  in  conformity  with  their  respective 
•Cbnstitutions  and  Canons. 


OAXOX  11. 


.TllIAL  OF  PHK.^iJYTirKS  AND  DEACONS  UNDICir  Mlt^JONARY 
JURISDICTION. 

§  1.  Tlie  jurisdiction  of  this  Church  extending  in  right, 
rrcKnimtnt.  tliougli  iiot  ajways  in  form,  to  all  i)eri:ions  belonging  to  it 
within  the  Confederate  States  and  Territories,  it  is  hereby 
enacted,  that  each  Missionary  Bishop  shall  have  jurisdiction 
over  the  clergy  in  the  district  assigned  him,  and  may,  in 
case  a  presentment  and  trial  of  a  clergyman  become  proper, 
request  the  action  of  any  I'resbyters  and  Standing  Com- 
mittee, i:\  any  Dioccs^  sufticiently  near,  and  the  piosent- 
•  ment  and  trial  shall  be  according  to  the  Constitution  and 
Canons  of  said  Diocese.  ()r,  if  there  be  a  Standing  Com- 
mittee appointed  by.  the  Missionary  Bishop,  the  cierica) 
members,  thereof 'may  make  ju'cseutraent,  and  the  .trial 
shall  take  place  according  to  the  Constitution  and  Canon? 
of  any  Diocese  of  j:his  CJhurcli  which  may  have' been 
selected  at  the  time  of  the  appointment  of  such  Standing 
CommittK?e  :  Provided,  That  the  Court  shall  be  composed  of 
at  least  three  Presbyters,  excluding  tlie.  members  df  the 
Standing  CoYiitiiittee  and  Uie  accused. 

•    §  2.  If  any  Minister  of  this  Church,  acting  under  a  For- 
1.  tif.         eign  Missionary  appointment,  and  withiii  the  jurisdiction 
.of  a  Foreign  Missionary  Bishop  of  this  Church,  shall  com- 
mit any  otience.for  which  "Ministers  may  be  tried  and  pun- 
ished, "or  shall  refuse   obedience  to  .the   lawful   Authority 
.of  the  Missionary  Bishop,  such  Clergyman"  shall  be  pro- 
ceeded against  according  to  the  Constitution  and  Canons  of 
any  Dioc'ese  in' this  Church,  which  may  have  been  selected 
,       «         at  the  time  of  the  appointment  of  the  Standing  Committee 
of  such  missionary  jurisdiction  :   Provided,  That  a  present- 
liiont  shall  first  be  made  by  the  members'  of  said  Standing 


.  ^  titij:  iii.^oii  DisciPLlvi:.  .  -.  •     ^9 

Committee;  or,  if  tLe  accnscd  party  b*c  a  member  of  the  canouir. 
Standing  Committee,  by  th(?  other  member  or  members  ' — v — ' 
thereof. 

§  3,  The  Co,urt  for  the  trial  of  such' Minister  shall  consiat  ti.c  court. 
of  five  Presbyters,  excluding  the  members  of  the  Standing 
Committee;  or,  if  there  be  not  five,  then  of  all  the  mem-  ' 
])ers  of  such  missionary  jurisdiction.  If  there  be  mora 
tliaii  five,  then  shall  the  Standing  Committee  select,  by  lot, 
the  five  who  shall  compose  the  Court,  wjiich  Court  shall, 
proceed  in  the  trial,  according  to  the  Canons  of  the  General 
Council  of  this  Chhurch,  so  far  a*  the  saipe  maj^-be  appli- 
cable to  such  a  case  ;  and  where  no  provision  is  made  ade- 
quate to  th9  exigency,  the- Court  shall  consider  and  adjudge, 
the  case  according  to  the  principles  of  law  and  equity.  . 

§  4.  The  sentence  of  the  Court  shall  be  rendered  to  the     s«uiince.      * 
Bishop  of   such   missionary  jurisdiction,   who   shall*  have'  • 
power  torevjse  and  modify  the  same,  and  the  decision  of  the 
Bishop  shall  be  fiunl  and  conclusive.    ' 


(:^A:ji(OX  III. 

%    OF  A  CLEilGYMAX    IN"^  ONj^.,.DIOCESE   OR  MISSIOX4RY 
f)TNTFvT(^T   CTIACtIMBLE   WITH   ^IFSBEMEATs^OTi 
IX  AX.OTIIER.   •  "      , 


Jjuce  roiiini:t- 
a  UlQcifLt 


§  1.'  If  a  Clergyman  of  tins.  Church,  belonging  to  any*  oLvc, 
Diocese  oV  Missionar}'  District,  shall,  in  an}-  othei*  Diocese  id\ocqJ. 
or  Missionary  District,  conduct  liimself  in  s«ch  a_  v.'t)^'  as  to 
be  chargeable  witli  misdcmeairo.r,  thcEcclcsiasticaV  Aiitlior- 
ity  thereof  shall  give  ilotice  of  the  same  to  the  P]cclesiastical  ^ 

•  Authority  jr.hcrc  h6  is  canoiiicall}'  resilient,  exhibiting,  with 
"tjie  information  given,' reasoii^iblc  ground  for  j)rcshmin-g  its 

.correctness.  *  If  the  Ecclesiastical  Authonty,   when  thus- 
inforriied,  shall  omit,  for  the  spate  of  three  months,^  to  pro- 
ceed against*  the  offending  Clergyman,  the  Eccle.siastica,! 

.  Authonty  of  the   Diocesb"  or  Missionary  Distl*iet,  ^^"ithin 
which  the'  alleged   ofieuQe  F^'i''^ '<^o'^^''i'^^tt«<^i"'i"'^n.y  hi^stitute       ^ 
proceedings,  and  the  decision  given  shall  be  conclusive.         :        ,,   * 

§  2.  If  a  Clergyman   shall  come   teiiiporarily  into-  any    Bi<hopr.iayai. 
JJ^ocese,  under  the  'imputation  of  having  elsewhere  been 
gui^tA-iof  tiny  crime  or  misdemeanor,  or  \t'.  any  Clengpiinn, 
while    sojourning  in    any 'Diocese,    shall'  mis] )Oii aye,    tlie  "  . 


40 


TITHE  lU.— OF  DISCIPLINE. 


Bi8lio[»,  iipoii  probable  calise,  may  admonisli  such  Clergy- 
man, and  forbicl  him  to  officiate  in  said  Diocese.  And  if, 
after  such  prohibition,  the  said  Clergyman  so  officiate,  the 
Ecclesiastical  Authority  shall  give  notice  to  all  the  Clergy 
and  Congregations  in  said  Diocese,  that  the  officiating  of 
the  said  Clergyman  is  prohibited:  and  like  notice  shall  be 
given  to ,  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the-  Diocese  to 
which  the  said  Clergyman  belongs.  And  such  prohibition 
shall  continue  in  force,  until  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of 
the  first  named  Diocese  be  satisfied  of  the  innocence  of  the 
said  Clergyman,  or  untiUie  be  acquitted  on  trial. 

§  3.  The  provisions  of  the  last  Section  shall  apply  to 
foreign  countrici.  Clcrgymcn  ordaiucd  m  foreign  countmes  by  Uishops  m 
communion  with  this  Church  :  Provided^  That  in  such  case 
notice  of  the  prohibition  shall  be  given  to  the  Ecclesiastical 
Authofity  under  whose  jurisdiction  the  Clergynian  shall 
appear  to  .have  hist  been,  and  also  to  all  the  Bishops  qxer- 
cising  jurisdiction  in  this  Church.  •■   *    • 


Case  o/  CIcrgv 
men   ordained  (a 


>     Where  no  pro- 
ceocliup  is    pcml- 


•    Suspension 
action.  , 


.•  CANON- i\. 
•      .  •    •  •       . 

OF  IIEXUXCIATIOX  t)F  TIIE  MIXlSTItV.' 

§  1.  If  any  Miiristcr  of  this  Chnirch,  jfgaiuSt  whotu  there 
is  no  Ecclesiastical  proceeding,  inscituted,  shall  declare,  in 
writing,  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  to  which  he  l)elpng3, 
liis  renunciation  of  the  Milii.stry,  and  his  design  not  to 
officiate  in  future  in  aiiy  of  the  offices  thereof,  said  Eccle- 
siastical Authority  shall  record  the  declafation  so  made. 
The  Bisho[t^hall  then"  depose  him  frpm  the  ]Minist_ry,  and 

"pronounce  aiKl  record  in  the  presence  of  two  or  more  Cler- 
gymen,.*that  the  persfin-.sO  declaring  has  been  deposed 'from 
the  Ministry  of. this  Church ;  and  if  there  be  no  Bishop  in 
such  Diocese,  the  same  sentence  may  be  pronounced  by  the* 
Bishop  of  any  other  Diocese  invited  by  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee to  attend  for  that  purpose.. 

§  2.  .If  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority,  to  whom  auch  decla- 
ration renouncing  tlie  Ministry  is  made,  shall  have  reason 
to  beheve  that  tlie  person  has  acted  unadvisedly  and  hastily, 
all  action  thereupon  may  be  forborne  for  the  space  of  not 
more  than  six  months,  during  which  tim-e  the  person. njaj- 

.  withdraw  his  application. 


> 


TITLE  III.— OF  DISCIPtlNK .  •  '  41 

§3.  If  tlic  Bisli(5p  shajl   have   ground  to  suppose  tlic     cauoaiv. 
person^  to  be  liable  to  presentment  for  any  canonical  ofienc'e,    .^^^''^l^,,, 
he  maiy'/in  his  discretion,  "and  with  the-  oonscnt   of  the  to  rrcscntHlei.t'. 
StkrwJing  Committee;,  proceed   to  have  the  ■  applicant  put 
tipon  his  triaJ,  notwithstancTi'tig  his  havuigmadc  the  aforesaid 
declaration;    and  tlie  same  discretion   is-. allowed,  to   the 
Standing  Con'irhitteC)  iiucase^tho  Diocese  sl^ould  be  without 
a  Bishop.^  -','''.        "  *  » 

§  4.  In  the  case  of  denositibu  fromtlie  Ministrv,  as  above  . xoucc  oV dcio- 
provided  tor,  the  Bishop  shall  gWa  notice  thereot  to  the 
Illcclesiastical  Authority  of  every  Diocese  of  thjs.  Church; 
•and  if  tho"  CIci'gTman  be  deposed  for  anythhig' involving 
^loral  degradation,  such  notice  shall  be  read  before  ever}- 
congregation  of  the  ])ioccse  to  which  he  belongs,  on  the 
occasioiii  of  43iib lie  \Voi'ship.iie:jJ^ftt];  tho. reception  qf  such 
notice.'  .  •   •  *;.•-«•  ».  #V  *■.   '  */'''  ■  <l  s'  ••»»    ,  • 


OF   THE  AIJAXDONMENT   OP   THE  COMMUNION  OF  THIS 
CIIUPvCII  BY  A  PRESBYTER  OR  DEACON. 

§  1.  If  any  Presbvtcr  or  Deacon  shall,  without  availing    .^Ai.:m,ionQ>Pni, 

1   •  IP      f    1  •    "  '  /-^  T-r-^         ^     1   •     m-  ■•  T  without   rcnun- 

himself  of  the  provisions  ot  Canon  Iv .  ot  this  Title,  aoaudon  tiation. 
the  Communion  of  this  Church,  either  by  aii  open  renun- 
ciation   of  the   doctrine,    discipline,   and   worship  of  this 
Church,  or  by  a  fornud  admission  into  any  religious  body 

'not  in  communion  Avitli*  the  same,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Standing-  Committee  of  the  Diocese  to  make  certilicate  of     ccinncatc. 
the  fact  to  the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese,  or,  if  there  bp  no 
Bishop,  to  the  Bishop  of  an  adjacent  Diocese;  which  certi- 

*  licate  shall  be  recorded,  and  shall  be  taken  and  deemed  by 
the  Bishop  as  equivalent  to  a  renunciation  of  the  Ministry 
by  the  Minister  himself.     Notice  shall  then  be  given  to  the       xotioc. 
said  Minister,  by  the  said  Bishop  receiving  the  certificate, 
that  unless  he  shall,  within  six  months  after  being  notified,  , 

.make  declaration  that  the  facts  alleged  in  said  certificate  are 
false,  he  will  be  deposed  from  the  ^liuistry  of  this  Church. 

§  2.  And  if  such   declaration  be  not  made  within  six     D^posuon. 
months  as  aforesaid,  the  Bishop  shall  depose  said  Minister 

■  from  the  Ministry,  and  pronounce  and  record,  in  the  pres- 
ence of  two  or  more  rresbytci*s,  that  he  ha»  been  so  deposed. 


40  ...  TITLE  1II.-0F  DISCIPtlNE. 

Canon  V.  Providcdy  iicvertheless,  That  if  the  Minister  so  renouncing 

'^'T'v — '     shall  transmit  to  ,the  Bishop  receiving   the  certificate,  a 

provuo.      detraction  of  the  acts  or  declarations  constituting  his  offence, 

the  Bishop  may,  at  his  discretion,  .abstain  from  any  further 

proceedings. 


i 


OANOX  VI. 
•OF  A  CLERGYMAN  ABSENTING  HIMSELE  EROM  UTS  DIOCESE.  . 


iiaybesusrcnded.     "Whcu  a  Clergyman  has  been  absent  from  the.  Diocese  to 
■  which  he  belongs,  during  two  years,  without  reasons  satis- 
factory to  the  Bishop  thereof,  he  shall  be  required  by  the 
Bishop  to  declare  the  cause  or  causes  thereof  in  writing; 
,   •*  iind  if  he  refuse  to  give  his  reasons,  or  if  Hhey  be  deemed 

*  .  insufiicient  by  the  Bishop,  the  Bishop,  after  due, notification 
of  such  insufficiency,  may,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of 
the  Clerical  Members  of  the  Standing  Committee,  suspend 
How  Ion-,  him  from  the  Ministry;  v.'hich  suspension  shall  continue 
until  he  shall  give,  in  writing,  sufficient  reasons  for  hi^ 
absence,  or  until  he  shall  renew  his  residence  in  his  Dioceae, 
or  until  he  shall  renounce  the  Ministry  according  to  Canon 
IV.  of  this  Title.  ,  In  the  case  of  such  suspension  as  the 
Noiiect(5).«giTt.i  above  provided  for,  the  Bishop  shall  give  notice  thereof 
to  the  'Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  every  Diocese  of  this 
Church.  .   • 


CAjS^OJS^  VII. 

*         '•  OF  THE    ABANDONMENT    OF   THE   COMMUNION   OF  THE 

CHURCH  BY.  A  BISHOP. 

Ainndonmcnt  If  auy  Bishop  abandon  the  Communion  of  this  Church, 
fiS"'.""'*"' ""^  either  by  openly  renouncing  its  doctrine,  discipline  and 
worship,  or  by  tormally  uniting  himself  with  any  religious 
f  .  body  not  in  communion  with  the  same,  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee of  the  Diocese  shall  make  certificate  of  the  fact  to 
the  Senior  Bishop,  which  certificate  shall  be  recorded,  and 
shall  be  taken  and  deemed  as  equivalent  to  a  renunciation 
of  the  Ministrj'  by  the  Bishop  himself. 


.TlTf.IvIII.-OF  lUSCIPLINK.  43 

Notice  shall  then  he  given  to  said  Bishop  b\'  the  Senior     c:inonvii. 
Bishop  receiving  the  certificate,  that  unless  he  shall,  within  .  '^"'^^ — ^ 
six  months  after  being  notified,  make  declaration  that  the"*  J  J  <i^^>-n. 
facts  alleged  in  said  certificate  are  false,  he  vAll  he  deposed     »•  •*  t 
from  the  Ministry  of  this  Church. 

And  if  such  declaration  be  not  made  within  six  months  iHrosiiiofi. 
us  aforesaid,  the  Senior  Bishop,  with  the  consent  of  .the 
majority  of  the  Bishops  entitled  to  scats  in  the  Ilpuse  of 
Bishops,  shall -depose  from  the  Ministry  the  Bishop  so  cer- 
tified as  abandoning,  and  shall  pronounce  and  record,  iri 
the  presence  of  two  or  more  Bishops,  that  he  has  been  so  *■ 
deposed.  *.  t  *' ' 


.  CANON  VIII. 

OF  TilE  TRIAL  OF  A  BISIIOF. 

§*l.  Any  Bishop  of  this  Church  maybe  presented  for  o'|"«'^ccsforw^iicii 
trial  on  charges  for  the  following  offences;  viz  :  (1.)  Crime 
or  immorality.  (2.)  Holding  and  teaching  publicly,  or  pri- 
vately and  advisedly,  any  doctrine  contrary  to  that  held  by 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Confederate  States. 
(3.)  Violation  of  the  Constitution  or  Canons  of  the  General 
Council.  (4.)  Violation  of  the  Constitution  or  Canons  of 
the  Diocese  to  which  he  belongs.  (5.)  Any  act  which 
involves  a  breach  of  his  Ordination  or  Consecration  vows,      cimrposinwrtiin^.- 

§2.  [1.]  The  proceeduigs  shall  commence  by  charges  in 
writing;  and,  except  when  the  charge  is  holding  and  teach- 
ing doctrine  contrary  to  that  held  by  this  Chui-ch,  shall  be 
signed  by  either    .  ■  ♦ 

Five  male  Communicants  of  this  Churchi,  in  good  stand- 
ing, belonging  to  the  Diocese  of  the  accused,  of  whom  two 
at  least  must  be  Presbyters ;  or, 

By  seven  male  Communicants  of  this  Church,  in  good 
standing,  of  whom  two  at  least  shall  be  Presbyters,  and  three 
of  which  seven  shall  belong  to  the  Diocese  of  the  accused. 

[2.]  Whenever  a  Bishop  of  this  Church  shall  have  reason  achou  on  m- 
to  believe  that  there  are  m  cu'culation  rumoui'S,  reports,  or 
charges  affecting  his  moral  or  religious  character,  he  may, 
if  he  please,  acting  in  conformity  with  the  written  advice  and 
consent  of  any  two  of  his  brother  Bishops  whom  he  may 
select,  demand  of  the  Presiding  Bishop  of  the  House  of 
Bishops,  or  if  he  be  the  Bishop  affected  by  such  rumours,  •  ' 


44  •        ■  TITHE  III^OF  DISCIPLINE., 

canouviH.     01' if  liG  bc  I'clated  to  liirn  within  the  degrees  hereinafter 

.    'ty-'-^     mentioned,   then  to*  the   Bishop  next  in  seniority  -not  so 

*      related,  to  convene  a  Board  of  Inquiry  in  the  m'ode  herein- 

;  '  ♦.'       after  set  fortii,  to  investigate  such  rumours,  reports,  and 

fch^rges,  and  to  proceed,  in  ail  respects,  according  to  the 

•  *    provisions  of  this  Cpnon,  as  if  charges  had  been  formally 

jnade  in  eithx3r  of  tlie  two  modes  first  mentioned  in  this 
•  *     *  section.  « 

•  LayAi^vccaie.       [3.]  "Whcncver  charges  are- formally. made  in  either  of 

'  the  modes  first  above  mentioned,  the  accusers  may,  if  they 

•         choose,  select  a  Lay  Communicant  of  this  .Church,  of  the 

profession  ot  the  law,  to  act  as  their  adviser,. advocate  and 

agent,  in  preparing  the  a'ccusation,  proofs,  etc.,  until  such 

time  as  a  I>oard  of  Inquiry  is  convened  in  such  manner  as 

•is   Jiereinafter   provided  Mbr ;    or.  they  may   prepare  such 

certified"*^  to  j^e  cliar^cs  tjiemselves,' witliout- rogard  to  any  particular  form  ; 

.  '"and,  in  either  case,  the  grounds  of  accusation  must  be  set 

forth  with  reasonable  certainty  of  time,  plac6  and  circuni- 

stancc,  .  . 

..red""''"""'"''"        ^  3.  Tlie  charges,  haviug  been  prepared  in  either  of  the 

•  •   *        modes  first  above  mentioned,  shall  then  be  delivered  to  the 

Presiding  Bislipp  of  this  Church,  if  he  be  not  the  accused, 
nor  related  to  the  accused  in  any  degree  mentioned  herein- 
.  ■  after  in  this  Canon;  in  either  of  wliich  cases,  the  charges 
shall  bc  delivered  to  the  next  BisJ^op  in  seniority  not  so 
related.  ^  -     . 

Board  01- Inquiry.  §  4.- A  Board  for  making  a  pi-eliminary  inquiry  into 
charges  thus  preferred,  shall  be  constituted  as  follows, 
whenever  such  Board'^hall  be  necessary,  viz  :• 

How  constitiitui.  [1.]  The  Presiding  Bisho}),  or  senior  Bishop,  as  the  case 
may  be,  to  whom  such  charges  are  delivered,  shall  take  the 
list  of  Deputies  to  the  last  General  Coiincil  that  was  held 
before  such  charges  were  presented,  and  from  that  list  shall 
,  choose  by  lot  two  Presbyters  and  two  Laymen  from  the 
deputation  of  the  Diocese  of  the  accused,  and  two  Presby- 
ters and' two  Laymen  from -each  of  the  respective  deputa- 
tions of  the  three  Dioceses  adjoining  that  of  tlie  accused  ; 
and  if  there  be  not  three  adjoining,  of  the  three  nearest 
tliereto ;  and  if  more  than  three  Dioceses  adjoin  that  of  the 
accused,  those  three  that  have  the  largest  number  of  canon- 
ical ly-resident  Presbyters  in  them  shall  be  accounted  adjoin- 
ing, for  the  purposes  of  this  Canon ;  and  the  sixteen  indi- 
viduals tlms  selected  by  lot  shall  constitute  the  Board  of 
Inquiry,  a  majorit}^  of  whom  shall  form  a  quorum  for  doing 
business.  •  . 


TiTLi:  iii^or  DisciPLiN'!-:.        •'...  ,      45 

[2.]  TliG  Presiding  Bisbop,  or  uext  in  "Benronty  as  tlic     canouviu. 
case  may  be,  immediiate'ly  after'  tliiis-  selecting  by  lot'  tht;     '     ^^     ' 
Board  of  Inquiry,  sball  give  notice  tbercof  to  eaeli  member  i,^]!;^"';'^ '° ^^°^- 
of  Raid  Board,  and,  direct  kim  to  attend  at  a  time  and  plac'e  . 
designated  by  bim,  and  organize  the  Board-;  and  it  sb,all 
be  the  duty  of  each  member  go  to  attend.     Tbe  place  must  r^uooi  meeting. 
be  witlitn  tbe   Diocese   of  tlie' accusoil.   -The   Presiding 
Bisbop  sball,  at  tlie  same  time,  send  a  copy  of  tbe  charges  coryofdiarscs. 
to  the  senior  J^resbyter  of  those  thus  selected  by  lot  from     .' 
tlic  four  Dioceses. 

[S.]  On  asseinbling,  Iho  Board  shall  organize  by  clioosing  b'^Jl"'"'''""  "' 
from  among  themselves  a  Piiesident  and  iSecretary^  and  shall 
also  appoint  a  Clmrch  Advocate,  ^vho  must  be  a  Lay  Com- 
mtyiicant  of  this  Church,  and  of  the  profession  of  the  law, 
and  who  thenceforward  shall,  in  all  stages  of  the  ])roceed- 
ingSj'if  a  trial  bo  ordered,  represent  the  Churcli,  and  be  the 
party  on  the  one  hand,  while  tbe  accused- is  the  party  .011  ■  .  • 
the- other.     The   sittings  of  the  Board  shall  be  private  ;-^'"'"g-^T>ivat-. 
the  .Church   Advocate   shall    not   attend   as   prosecuting 
counsel,  but  shall  be  at  all  times  at  hand  and  jn  readiness 
to  give  his  advice  in  all  (piestions  submitted  to  him  by  the 
Board.  • 

[4.]  In  conducting  the  investigation,  the  Board  shall  hear '^"'>''^''"'«''°^'"''- 
the  accusations  and  such'  proof  as  the  accusers  may  produce, 
and  shall  determine  whether,  upon  matters  of  law  and  of  i'act, 
as  presented  to  them,  there  is  sufficient  ground  to  put  the 
accused  Bishop  upon  his  trial;  and  in  such  investigation, 
as  well  as  in  all  cases  of  trial  b}'  an  Ecclesiastical  Court  now 
authorized,  or  hereafter  to  be  authorized,  by  the  Constitu-   . 
tion  or  Canons  of  tlic  General  Council,  the  laws  of  the  State 
in  which  such  investigation   or  trial  is  had,  so  far  as  they 
relate  to  the  law  of  evidence,  shall  be  adopted  and  taken  as  i.^-woievuience. 
the  rules  by  which  the  said  Board  or  C^ourt  shall  be  gov- 
erned.    If  a  majority  of  the  Board  present  on  such  investi- 
gation shall  be  of  opinion  that  there  arcf  sufficient  grounds 
to  put  the  accused  Bishop  upon  his  trial,  they  shall  direct  -   " 
the  Church  Advocate  to  prepare  a  presentment,  to  bo  signed    rie.sCaiment. 
by  such  of  the  Board  as  agree  thereto ;  and  to  that  end, 
shall  place  in  his  hands  all  the  charges,  together  with  the 
testimony  that  has  been  laid  before  the  Board. 

[5.]  The  Board  shall  then  direct  the  Ciiurch  Advocate  to.  ^jo  Hhomio  be 
transmit  to  the  Bishop  from  whom  they  received  the  charges, 
the  presentment  thus  signed  ;  and  shall  cause  him  also,  with- 
out delay,  to  send  to  theaccused  Bishop  a  copy  of  the  same, 
certified  by  the  Church  Advocate  to  be  correct. 


seul. 


sent 


46  ' '  TITLE  III.— OF  DISCIPLINI?. 

Canon  viii.        [G.]  If  R  iiiajOrity  of  the  Board  present  shall  be  of  opinion 
"""•■v— ^    that  there  is  not  sufficient  ground  to  put  the  accused  Bishop 
upon  his  trial,  in  such  case,  the  charges,  together  with  a 
Kcfusai  to  pre-  Certificate  of  the  President  of  tlu3  Board  of  its  refusal'  to 
make  a  presentment,  shall  be  sent  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
House  of  Bishops,  to  be  deposited  among  the  archives  of 
prolen'tmenL""''  ^^^^  IIousc.     Aud  uo  procccdings  shall  thereafter  be  had  by 
Excefti(jp.     "^^'^y  of  presentment   on  such   charges,  except   upon   the 
♦     a^davit  of  a  respectable  Communicant  of  the  Church,  of 
the  discovery  of  new  testimony  as  to  the  facts  charged,  and 
setting  forth  what  such  testimony  is, 
Limituuouofiim..     [7.]  No  presentment  shall  be  found  in  any  case,  unless 
the  alleged  offence  shall  have  been  committed  witliin  five 
years  next  Ijefore  the  d^y  on  which  the  charges  were  deliv- 
ered to  the  Presiding  or  senior  Bishop.     But  if  the  accused 
Gonviction  in  i  shall  liavc  bccu  convicted  of  the  alleged  offence  in  a  State 
ijiaiccourt..  ,  .  court,  notwithstanding  live  3-ears  may  have  elapsed  since  its 
■commission,   a  presentment  may  be  founded  on  charges 
delivered  to   the  Presiding  or  senior  Bishop  at  any  time 
within  one  year  after  such  coiiviction. 
^[.^prcicnto"nT'       §  '^*  C^O  ^^'hcu  a  prcseutmcnt   has    l>een  made  by  the 
*    Board  of  In(piiry,  or  a  majority  thereof,  to  the  Bishop  from 
whom  they  received  the  charges,  it.shall  be  thcduty  of  such 
Bishop  forthwilli  to  give  to  the  accused  written  notice  to 
attend,  at  some  place  not,morethaii  one  hundred  miles  from 
'tho  place  of  refudence  of  the  accused  Bishop,  and  at  some 
.  time  not  less  than  twenty  days  after  the  time  of  serving  such 
notice,  either  personally,  or  by  some  agent  authorized  by 
-    .  him  in  writing  to  act  for  him  in  tlie  premises,  for  the  purpose 
of  selecting  the  Bishops  who  shall  form  the  Court  for  the 
Andtocuurch  trial  of  tlic  Bald  accused  Bishop  Upon  the  said  presentment. 
He  shall  also  give  notice  to  the  Church' Advocate  oi  the 
^^.^  .        time  and  place  appointed  for  such  selection. 

Kormiiuon  ot  j-^.j  At  tlic  tiui'^  aud  placc  appointed  in  the  noticps,'the 
Bishop  who  has  given  the  notices  shall  attend;  and,  in  the 
•  presence  of  the  accused  Bishop,  or  of  his  agent  authorized 
as  aforesaid,  and  also  in  the  presence  of  the  Church  Advo- 
cate, or  of  such  person  or  persons  as  may  attend  in  his 
behalf,  or,  if  no  person  shall  attend  on  behalf  of  one  or 
both,  of  two  Presbyters  named  by  himself,  the  said 
Bishop  shall  cause  to  be  placed  in  a  vessel  the  names  of  all 
the  Bishops  of  this  Church  entitled  to  seats  in  the  House 
of  Bishops,  then  being  within  the  territory  of  the  Conted- 
erate  States,  except  the  accused  and  those  Bishops  who  may 
be  related  to  him  either  by  consanguinitr  or  affinity,  in  the 


Court. 


TiXLE  iii.-oF  discipu:ne  47 

direct  ascending  or  descending  line,  or  as  brother,  uncle,  oi^  laiun  vi!i. 

nephew.     lie  shall  then  cause  seven  of  the  said  names  to^  "^"^^CT^wn 

be  drawn.     The  names  so  drawn  shall  be  entered  upon  a"^    ■ 

list  as  they  are  drawn,  and  tlie  accused  or  his  agent  may 

strike  off"  t)ie  list  one  name,  and  the  said  Churcli  Advocate 

or  his  agen^  another  name,  and  so  as  to  reduce  the  number  •• 

to  five.  "  If  it  shall  happen  that  either  party  shall  neglect  or  ' 

refuse  to  strike,  then  the  Bishop  who  has  given  the  notices 

shall  reduce  the  number  to  five,  by  striking  off  so  many  of  Kedumiio sve. 

the  last  drawn  names  as  will  reduce  the  list  to  that  number. 

The   five-  Bishops  whose  names  remain,  or  a  majority  of 

them,  when  assembled,  shall  constitute  the  Court  for  the    ' 

trial  of  the  accused  upon  the  presentment. 

[3.]  The  Court  having  been  thus  constituted,  the  Bishop  ul'Tco^^^""' 
to  whom  the  presentment  was  m^ade  shall  immediately  com- 
municate to  each  Bishop  who  lias  thus  been  by  lot  designa- 
ted as  one  of  the  triers,  the  fact  that  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Court.     He  shall  appoint  a  time  and  jilaco  for  the  asssem- 
bline-  of  the  Court.     The  time  shall  not  be  less  than  two       T'"'*'- 
nor  more  than  six  calendar  months  froni  the  day  on  which 
the  notice  should  arrive  at  the  most  distant  Diocese,  in  the  , 
ordinary  course  of  the  public  mail.     The  place  shall  bo        j-u-. 
within  the  Diocese  or  Missionary  Held  of  the  accused  Bishop, 
unless  where  the  same  may  be  of  such  difficult  access,  in 
the  judgment  of  the  Brcsiding  or  senior  Bishop,  that  reason- 
able convenience-  may  re((uire  the  appointment  of  another 
location.    And  the  said  senior  Bishop  shall  cause  the  Church 
Advocate  to  send  certified  copies  of  the  said  presentment   ccriifiea copies, 
to  all  the  Bishops  who  constitute  the  Court.    ' 

[4.]  The  Bishop  to  whom  the  presentment  has  been  made  ^^^J'^p"'"^ '" ^''" 
shall  also-  immediately  communicate   to    tho  accused  the- 
names  of  the  members  of  the  Court,  and  inform  him  of  the 
time  and  place  appointed  for  its  meeting,  and  summon  him 
then  and  there  to  appear  and  answer.     lie  or  any  other* 
Bishop  of  this  Church   having  charge  of  a  Diocese,  shall 
Jaave  power,  until  the  Court  assembles,  upon  the  application  Ah.itowHnesscs, 
of  either  the  Church  Advocate  or  the  accused,  to  issue  a.  ,* 

summons  for  witnesses.  .  .    '    •     . 

§  6.  The  Bishops  who  constitute  the  Court,  or  a  majority  ^^^^^'^  ^^'  '"""■ 
of  them,  having  assembled  according  to  the  notice  given 
them,  which  notice  it  is  hereby  made  their  duty  to  obey, 
shall  proceed  as  follows,  viz  : 

[1.]  The}'  shall  elect  a  President  out  of  their  own  num-\,,j;,^^ 
ber,  and  appoint  a  Presbyter  of  the  Church  as  C'lerk,  and  jf^ 
necessary,  another  Presbyter  as  Assistant  Clerk;  and  when* 


J'rofiilciil 


48  •  'JIT OK  IIP.- OF  DISCIPLINE., 

Canon  VIII.    gms  Qtgauhed,  tho  rrei^icleiii  shall  dii^ect  tlio  Clerk' to  call 
'^  .  the  nartiefe. of'  the  Chnrcli  Advocate  and  the  accused;  and 
4f  both  aj^pcar,.  hfe  .slmll  th6n  cause  the  Cltjrk  to'  read  the 
ecmS.""^''-"'  presentment  \Vhich  Avas  dielivercd  to  tho  Presiding  or  senior 
Bishop,  \vbt)se'tTut3'  it  is  hereby  madt)  to"dclivertho  same 
';lo  the  Gonrt  upon  its  org^jnization.         ..  "         *   ,' 
*caniorica;i.    _    [2.]  Tbe-accuse(J  shall  then  be  called  upon  by  the  Coui*^ 
to  saj  Xvhethcr  be*  i;^  guilty,  or,  not  guilty  of  the  ofience'or 
oticnees  charged  •  ftgainst  him,  and  his  plea 'shalUbe  duly 
recorded -'and  on   Lis  "neglect  or  refnsa'l  to  plead,  the  plea 
of  not  gnilty  shallbe  entei'cd  tbr  him,  and  t-ho  fi-ial  shall 
rroviso?.      proce'ed  :' Provided,  That,'tbr  siifficiont  cause,  the  Oourtmay 
I  .  adjourn  from  time  to  time  ;  and  T^vidcd,^  aho^  That  the 

acGuspd  shall,  "^at  all'  times  during  the  trial,  hay e.  libertj'  to 
be  presenf,  and  in  i\y\o  time  jnd  order  piT>dnt!(r  his'testimony, 
and  to  make  his  defcnco.  '    .    .  .  -    .  ' 

^Koii-aiiiHiianco.. .  [3.")  IF  tlio  accuscd  u^egloi't  or  refuse  to  appear  in  pci\son, 
fflfc<»oi'ding  to  tin*  notice  served  on  hijji'as  atbresaid,  exx-ept 
for  some  reasonable  drift  .4c 'lio*  be  aHo'.rod  by 'the  Court,  they 
contuiiiacy.-    <i\^^\\  prpcecd'  to  pronounce  liim  "in  contumacy,  and  notify 
tiira  that  /rentence  of  snspt'iision   or  degradation  will  be 
" ,  ,  pronounced  against  liim  by  the  Court  at  the  QX])iration  of 
crJ'r'' "'*""'*'  three- -monthH"',  unless  witliin'that  {\\y\o.  he  tender  himself 
ready,  and  accowlmglyappear  to  take  his;  trial  on  the  pre- 
sentment.    Hut  if  the  aceiiy:0d  /•hall-  not-  tender   himself 
Ijefore  the  expiration  ofth»'-"  aid  three  mohtli^,- sentence  of 
■  suspension  or  deirradation  iVom  the  Ministry  nt'ay  be  pro- 
noun.eed  against  hjni  \)x  the  C^^nrt. 
ih^' nJeTf  Ko^       C^-]  1'^f^'  accused  iK'ing  present,  and  the  trial  proceeding, 
cccdiDfe'.  ii;  'shall  be  conduct^ed  according  to  the  principles  of  the 

Common  Law,  as  tlie  same  ar6  generally  administered  in 
the  Confeder^ite  States  ;  nor  shall  any  testimony  be  recei\^ed 
at  the  trial,  except  from  Avilnesses  who  have  signed,  a  decla- 
Vation  in  the  following  woi-ds,  to  be  read  aloud  before  the 
witness  testilie--,  and  to  bf  tiled  with  the  records  of  the 
Court:  I 

■witocas*^''™'  °''       "'^'  ^'  ^•'  '^  ^^■i'-'^e.ss  siiHHiKCKii  K»  testify  on  the  trial  of  a  presentment 

^'.  "'■  ■  -Rjrainst  tl  o   Right  Kev, r-,   »  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 

Oliurch  in  the  Confederate  States  mow  pendinj:.  do  most  solemnly  call 
Ciod  to  witness  that  the  evidence  I  ani  about  to  pive  shall  be  the  truth, 
the  -whole  truth,  and  nothing  but  the  truth  ;  so  help  aio  God  I"' 

DcpcritioD.  And  if  it  be  necessary  to  take  the  testimony  of  an  absent 
witness  on  a  commission,  such  testimony  shall  be  precedecl 
by  a  similar  written  declaration  of  the  witness,  which  shall 
be  tiled  and  transmitted  with  his  or  her  deposition  to  the 


TITLE  III^OF  DISCrriJXK.  49 

,  •  .1 

Court.     The  testimony  of  cacli  witness  shall  be  reduced  to    cauon  vm.  * 
writing.  •  And  in  case  there  is  ground  to  suppose  "that  the  •  "-^v — ' 
attendance  of  any  witness  on  the  trial  cannot  be  obtained, 
it  shall  l)e  lawful  for  cither  party  to  apply  to  the  Court  if  in 
.session,  or  if  not,  to  any  member  thereof,  who  shall  there- 
upon appoint  a  commissary  to  take  the  deposition  of.  such    tom^ssary.   f' 
witness  ;  and  such  party  so.  desiring  to  take  the  deposition, 
shall  give  to  the  other  party  reasonable  notice  of  the  time 
and  place   of  taking  such  deposition,   accompanying  such 
notice  with  the  interrogatories  to  be  propounded  "to  the 
witness;  whereupon  it  sbitH  be  lawful  for  the  other  party, 
within  six  days  after  such  notice,  to  propound  cross-inter*  .cioss-Examina- 
rogatories;  and  such  interrogatories  and  cross-intcrrogato-  ''""' 
ries,  if  any  be  propounded,  shall  be  sent  to  the  commissaty, 
who  shall  thereupon  proceed  to  take  the  testimony  of  such 
witness,  upon  oath  or  affirmation,  and  transmit^  it  under 
seal  to  the  Court.     But  ilo  deposition  shall  be  read  at  the    ovV  roucii- 

,•1  1  j.l/1  .»"  .  1     '  v«M.v   K-x,.^   tton  depositions  to 

trial,  unless  the  Court  have  reasonable  assurance  that  the  '^=i"'V 
attendance  of  the  witnes.s  cannot  be  procured,  or  nnlesa. 
both  parties  shall  consent  tliat  it  may  be -read.  •  Provided,  '  r-owso. 
That  in  any  Diocese  iii  which  the  civil  government  has 
•  authorized  the  Ecclesiastical  Courts  therein  to  issue  sum- 
mons for  witnesses,  or  to*  administer  an  oath,  the  Court- 
shall  act  in'couformity  to  such  laws.* 

[5.]  AH  notices  and  papers  may  be  served  by  a  summoner  f^^ficc  of.notic« 
or  summoHcrs^  tu  bo  appointed  by  the  Court  when  the  same    "'"^ '""'"''"  ' 
is  in  session,  or  by  a  member  thereof;"  and  the  certificate  of 
any  such  summoner  shall  be  evidence  of  the  due  service  of 
ii  notice  or  paper.   "  In  case  of  service  by  any. other  person, 
the  fact  may  be  proved  by  the  affidavit  of  such  person. 
The  delivery  of  a  Avrittcn  notice  or  paper  to  the  accused    ^/>'-i;iicati;  or 
party,  or  to  the  Church  Advocate,  or  leaving  it,  or  a  copy  °'""'"'. 
thereof,  at  the  residence,  or  last  known  residence,  of  either,' 
shall  be  dedmed  sufficient  service  of  such  notice  or  paper, 
on  the  Church  Advocate  and  accusecl  respectively.     If  the 
person  to  be  served  with  any  notice  or  paper  shall  have  left 
.the  Confederate  States,  it  shall  be  a  sufficient  service  thereof 
to  leave  a  copy  of  such  notice  or  paper  at  his  last  place  of 
abode  within  the  Confederate  States,  sixty  days  before  the 
day  on  which  the  apjijearance,  or  ofher  act  required  by  the 
said  notice  or  paper,  is  to  be  performed. 
_  [6.]  The  accused  party  ma}',"  if  he  think  proper,  have  the  i.a^'^'coSni!"''^' 
aid  of  counsel ;  and  if  ho  should  choose  to  have  more  than    . 
one  comiscl,  the    Church   Advocate^  may  ^lavc   assistant 


50 


TITLE  III.— OF  DISCIPLINE. 


^Opinion  of  Court. 


Pecisfon^ 


•  car.onviii.    aclvoctitcs,  to  be  named  by  the  accusers  ;  but  in  every  case 

'     ^'^  .the  Court  may  regulate  the  number  of  counsel  vho  shall 

address  the   Court   or   examine   witnesses.     The    phurch 

Advocate  shall  be  considered  the  party  on  one  side,  and  the 

commur!fclr!°s.^^  accuscd  ou  thc  other.     All  counsel  must  be  Communicants 
of  thp  Church. 

[7.]  The  Court,  having  fully  heard  the  allegations  and 
proofs  of  the  parties,  and  deliberately  considered  the  same, 
after  the  parties  have  withdrawn,  shall  declare  respectively, 
whether, '  in  their  opinion,  the  accused  is  guilty  or  not 
guilty  of  each  particular  charge  and  specifications  con- 
tained in  the  presentment,  in  the  t)rder  in  which  they  are 
set  forth.;  ancl  the  accused  shall  be  considered  as  not  guilty 
of  •every  charge  and  specification  of  which  he  shall  not  be 
pronounced  guilty  by  a  majority  of  the  merubers  of  the 
Court. 

[8.1  The  decision  of  the  Court  as  to  all  the  charges  and 
specifications  of  which  a  majority  of  the  members  of  the 
Court  have  found  him  guilty,  shall  be  reduced  to  writing, 
and  signed  by  those  who  assent  to  it :  and  a  decision  pro- 
nouncing him  not  guiltj^  of  all  those  charges  and  specifi- 
cations of  which  a  majority  shall  not  have  pronounced  him  . 
guilty,  shall  also  bo  drawn  up,  and  signed  by  those  who  ' 
assent  to  it ;  and  the#ecision  thus  signed  shall  be  regarded 
as  the  judgment  of  the  Court,  and  shall  be  pronounced  in 
the  presence  of  the  parties,  if  they  shall  think  jji-oper  to 
attend, 

[9.]  .If  the  accused  shall  be  found  guilty  of  any  charge 
or  specification,  the  Court  shall  proceed  to  ask  him  whether, 
he  has  anything  to  say  before  the  sentence  is  passed,  and 
may,  in  their  discretion,  give  him  time  to  prepare  what  he 
wishes  to  say,  and  appoint  a  time  for  passing  the  sentence ; 
find  before  passing  sentence,  the  Court  may  adjourn  from 
time  to  time,  and  give  the  accused  reasonable  opportunity 
of  shov/ing  cause  to  induce  a  belief  that  justice  has  not 
been  done,  or  that  he  has  discovered  new  testimony  ;  and 
the  Court,  or  a  majority  of  its  members,  may,  accordipg 
to  a  sound  discretion,  grant  him  a  new  trial.  Before' 
passing  sentence,  the  accused  shall  always  have  the  oppor- 
tunity of  being  heard,  if  he  have  aught  to  say  in  excuse  or 
palliation. 

[10.]  The  accused  having  been  heard,  or  not  desiring  to 
be  heard,  the  sentence  of  the  Court  shall  then  be  pro- 
nounced, and  «hall  be  either  admonition,  suspension  as 


A'cctised  to  I 
liearj. 


New  trial. 


SCEtfECC. 


tlfTLE'lII.— OF  DISCIPLINE.  51 

defined  by  tbe'existiug  Canons  of  this  Church,  or  degni-    cmoavm. 
datiou,  as  the  offence  or  offences  adjudged  to  be  proved     "^^~v — ' 
shall  seem  to  deserve.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Court, 
whenever  sentence  has  been  pronounced,   whether  it  be 
upon  a  trial,  or  for  contumac\',  to  communicate  such  sen- 
tence to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  every  Diocese  of 
this  Church:  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  Authority  to    sentence  to  be 
cause  such  sentence  to  be  made  known  to  every  Clergyman 
under  his  jurisdiction.  .  ■  .       *        ' 

[11.]  Every  Court  shall  keep  a  full  record  of  its  proceed-      Record. 
ings,  including  the  whole  evidence  given  before  it.  Should  ■ 
any  Court  refuse  to  insert  in  its  record  a  statement  of  any 
testimoB}''  which  has  been  received,  or  of  any  decision  which 
the  Court  has  made,  or  of  any  fact  which  has  occurred  in 
Court,  or  any  paper  which   either  party  has  produced,  it 
shall  be  the  right  of  either  party  to  file  an  exception  in     Evce-aoBs. 
writing,  containing  a  statement  of  such  evidence,  decision 
•  or  fact,  or  referring  to  or  describing  such  paper,  which 
paper  shall  also  be  filed  with  the  exception.  All  exceptions 
and  papers  so  filed  shall  become  parts  of  the  record. 
.     [12.]  Such  records  shall  be  kept  by  the  Clerk,  and  in-  atS.""''" ^^'^ 
serted  in  a  book,  to  be  attested  by^^'the  signatures  of  the 
President  and'  Clerk.     Every  such  book,   and  all  papers 
connected  with  any  trial,  shall  be  deposited  with  the  Regis- 
trar of  the  General  Council.     Such  books  and  papers  shall 
be  open  to  the  inspection  of  every  member  of  this  Church. 

£18.].  Every  Court,  constituted  under- the  authority  of  Lar  advisers. 
this  Canon,  niaj'  be  attended  by  one  or  more  Lay  advisers, 
who  shall  be  Communicants  of  this  Church,  and  of  the 
profession  of  the  law.  Such  advisers  may  be  pfesent  at  all  ' 
the  proceedings  of  the  Court,  but  they  shall  have  no  vote 
in  any  case  whatever;  it. shall  bo  their  duty  to  give  in  per- 
son to  the  Court  an  opinion  on  any  question  not  theological, 
upon  which  the  Court,  or  any  member  thereof,  or  either 
party,  "shall  desire  an  opinion.  If  a  dispute  shall  arise 
whether  any  question  be  or  be  not  theological,  it  shall  be 
decided  by  the  Court  by  a  majority  of  votes.     The  Court  ' 

may  always,  by  unanimous  consent,  appoint  an  adviser 
or  advisers.  If  they  arc  not  unanimous,  each  member 
of  the  Court  may  name  a  candidate ;  if  not  more  tha^n 
three  are  named,  they  all  shall  be  advisers  ; '  if  more 
than  three  arc  named,  the  Court  shall  reduce  them  to  . 
three  by  lot.  ... 

§  7.  ri.l  Any  Bishoii  of  this  Church  may  be  preselited    Presentment  for 

i-    .  -J  "^  ^  •  •-  ^  crro  u  c  0  u  s  doc- 


52  .       ^  ■■  TITLE  III.— dF  DISCIPLINE.. 

Canon  VIII.    for  lioldiii^'  1111(1  teacliiiig  doctrine  inconsisteut  with  that  of 

'     y     '     this  Church,  by  any  Bishop  in  communion  with  this  Church. 

and  not  under  suspension  or  degradation.  jSTo  Bishop  shall 

lie  presented  in  any  other  mode  for  this  offence  ;    and  it 

shall  not  be  lawful  for  two  or  more  persons  to  unite  in  any 

•   *  .     ^such  presentment.     The  Bishop  making  such  presentment 

sliall  appoint  a  Church  Advocate. 

To  wiiom  -M-      [2,1  Every  presentment  for  allec;ed  erroneous  doctrine 

dressed  l.      _j  «/      x  cj 

shall   be  signed  liy  the  person  making  it,   and  shall  bo 

addressed   to    the    Bishops   of   the   Protestant  Episcopal 

Church  in  the  Confederate  States,  and  delivered  to  the 

senior  Bishop  entitled  to  a  seat  in  the  House  of  Bishops, 

and  not  being  the  accused  or  the  accuser,  whose  duty  it  shall 

Court.        lie  to  convene  a  Court  for  the  trial  of  the  accused.     The 

Court  sball  be  composed  of  all  the  Bishops  entitled  to  seats 

in   the  House  of   Bishops,    except  the   accuser   and   the 

accused.     Three-fourths  of  such  Bishops  shall  constitute  a. 

Quorum.       quorum  ;  but  the  consent  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  Bishops 

entitled  to  seats  in  the  House  of  Bishops  shall  be  necessary 

v>;!"°'"'°'°"'  to  a  conviction. 

Charges  ngainst      §  $.  [1.]  If  cliargcs  lic  prefciTcd  against  a  Missionary 

sbioi  ry  1  '"!'•  j^^gj-^j^p^  ^y]^^  jg  j^q^  r^  Dioccsau,  such  Missionary  Bishop 

shall  be  required  by  the  Presiding  or  senior  Bishop  to  nama 
some  one  of  the  three  Dioceses  nearest  to  his  District  or 
Missioiiary  field ;  and  such  selection  liaving  been  made, 
the  proceedings  shall  then  be  precisely,  such  as,  under  this 
Canon,  they  would  be  were  he  the  Diocesan  of  the  Diocese 
named  by  him.  Should  the  Missionary  Bishop  refuse  to 
name  a  Diocese,  then  the  Presiding  Bishop  may  name  any 
one  of  the, three  above  designated,  and  the  e:^ect  shall  be 
the  same  as  if  the  nomination  had  been  made  by  the  accused 
Missionary  Bishop. 

.Hishop witho  It  [2.]  If  charges  be  preferred  against  a  Bishop  having  no 
Jurisdiction,  he  shall  be  proceeded  against  precisely  as  if  he 
•were  the  Diocesan  of  the  Diocese  in  which  he  has  his  civil 

»  residence. 

Mode  of  trying.  [3.]  Auj  Foreigii  Missionary  Bishop  shajl,  on  present- 
ment by  two-thirds  of  the  Missionaries  under  his  charge, 
for  immorality  or  heresy,  or  for  a  violation  of  the  Consti- 
tution or  Canons  of  this  Church,  be  tried,  and,  if  found 
guilty,  sentenced,  in  all  particulars  as  if  he  were  actually 
resident  within  the  limits  of  the  Confederate  States,  except 
that  the  trial  may  be  within  any  Diocese  in  the  Confederate 
States. 


TITLE  III.— OF  DISCIPLINE. 


CANON  IX. 


<'ai)on  l^. 


OF  SENTENCES. 


§  1.  Wlmnever  tlio  penalty  of  suspeiLsioii  shall  be 
inflicted  on  a  Bishop,  Priest  or  Deacon  in  this  Church,  the 
sentence  shall  specify  on  what  terms,  or  at  what  time,  said 
penalty  shall  cease. 

§  2.  [1.]  When  any  Minister  is  degraded  from  the  Holy 
Ministry,  he  is  degraded  therefrom  entirely,  and  not  from 
a  higher  to  a  lower  Order  of  the  same.     No  -degraded  or   no restoration 
deposed  Minister  shall  be  restorecj  to  the  Ministry. 

[2.]  Whenever  a  Clergyman  shall  be  degraded  or  deposed-, 
the  Bishop  who  pronounces  sentence  shall,  without  delay, 
give  notice  thereof  to  tlie  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  every 
Diocese,  and  to  each  Minister,  (or  to  the  A-'estry,  if  there  l)c 
no  Minister,)  of  the  Diocese  to  whicli  the  degraded  or 
deposed  Minister  belongs,  in  which  notice  it  shall  be  stated 
wliethcr  or  no  tlic  degradation  or  deposition  be  foi«  causes 
atfecting  his  moral  character;  and  each  Minister  in  said  Dio- 
cese shall  give  notice  thereof  to  his  congregation  oh  the 
tirst  occasion  of  public  worship  next  occurring. 


Suspeni-ion. 


DeAiOatlnn. 


Kotice  of  il^-gra- 
ilatKiM. 


CANON  X. 

()l<   TIIK  ItEMISSlON  OR  MODIFICATION  OF  .HDK'IAT. 
SENTENCES  ON  BISHOPS. 

The  Bishops  of  this  Chui'ch,'who  are  entitled  to  seats  in 
the  House  of  Bishops,  luay  altogether  remit  and  terminate 
any  judicial  sentence  imposed  l)y  Bishops  acting  collectively 
as  a  judicial  tribunal ;  or  modify  the  same  so  far  as  to 
designate  a  precise  period  of  time,  or  otlier  specific  contin- 
gency, on  the  occurrence  of  which  such  sentence  shall 
utterly  cease,  and  be  of  no  further  force  or  effect:  J^rovuled, 
That  no  such  remission  or  modification  shall  be  made  except 
at  a  meeting  of  the  House  of  Bishops,  during  the  session 
of  some  General  Council,  or  at  a  special  mectins^  of  the  said 
Bishops,  which  shall  be  convened  by  the  Presiding  Bishop 
on  the  ap[)lication  of  any  five  Bishops;  three  montlis'  notice 
in  writing,  of  the  time,  place  and  object  of  the  meeting  bejng 
given  to  each  Bishop,  or  sent  to  his  usual-  place  of  abode: 


At  General  Co>.n-» 
.  cil,   or    (peciuf 
meeting. 


64' 


TITLE  III.— OF.  DISCirLINE. 


canottx.      Provided.,  also,    That    such  remission   or   modification   be 

^"-■^v^^.    assented  to  by  a  number  of  said  Bishops  not  less  than  a 

^'^•'°"'^'^^°''°^' majority  of  the  whole  number  entitled  at  the  time  to  seats 

in  the  House  of  Bishops ;  and  'provided,  That  nothing  herein 

shall  be  construed  to  alter  the  eflect  of  Canon  IX.  of  this 

Title. 


CAI^ON  XI. 


P.enaova'i  of  Com- 
municants. 


Bish' 


Inqiuryoaccm- 
plalnt. 


Lay  Readers. 


IlEGU-LATIOXS  RESPECTING  THE  LAITY. 

§  1.  A  Communicant  removing  frorii  one  Parish  to 
another,  shall  procure,  from  the  Rector  of  the  Parish  of  his 
la.st  .residence,  or,  if  there  be  no  Rector,  from  one  of  the 
AVardens,  a  certificate  stating  that  he  or  she  is  a  Commu- 
nicant in  gopd  standing;  and  the  Eector  of  the  -Parish  or 
Congregation  to  which  he  or  she  removes  shall  not  be 
required  to  receive  him  or  her  as  a  Communicant  until  such 
letter  be  produced, 

§  2.  As  "onc  of  the  rubrics  of  this  Church  requires  that 
eyery  Minister  repelling  from  the  Com-munion  shall  give  an 
account  of.  the  same  to  the  Ordinary,  it  is  hereby  j)rovided, 
that,  iliformation  of  the  same  being  laid  before  the  Ordi- 
nary, that  is  the  Bishop;  it  shall  not  hQ  hi.s  duty  to  institute 
an  inquiry,  unless  there  be  a  complaint  made  to  him  in  wri- 
ting by  the  repelled  paTty.  But  on  receiving  complaint, 
the  Bishop  shall  institute  an  inquiry,  as  may  be  directed  by 
the  Canons  of  the  Dioceso.  in -which  the  event  has  taken 
place ;  and  the  notice,  given  as  above  by  the  Minister,  shall 
b*e  a  sutficjent  presentation  of  the  party  repelled. 
•  §  3.  Persons  desiring  to  act  habitually  as  Lay  Readers 
may  do  so  with  the  consent  of  the  E,cclesiastical  Authority 
of  the  Diocese  in  whiehthey  are  thus  to  read. 


TITLE  IV. 

OF  THE  ORGANIZED  BODIES  AND  OFFICERS 
OF  THE  CHURCH. 


CANON  I. 

OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL. 

§1.  [1.]    The   right  of  calling  special   meetings  of  the  speuai  n.«t;nEi. 
General  Council  shall  be  in  the'B^shops.     This  right  shall  », 

be  exercised  by  the  Presiding  Bishop, •'or"  in  case  of  his 
death,  b}^  the  Bishop  who,  according  to  the  rules  of  the 
House  of  Bishops,  is  to  preside  at  the  next  General  Council : 
Provided',  That  the  summons  shall  be  with  the  consent,  or 
on  the  requisition  of  a  majority  of  the  Bishops,  expressed 
to  hin^  in  writing. 

[2.]  The  place  of  holding  any  Special  Council  shall  be .      •■aVt.  . 
that   selected   by  the  preceding  General  Council  for  the 
ineeting  of  the  next  General  Council,  unless  circumstances 
shall  render  a  meeting  at  such  a  place  unsafe;  in  which  case, 
the  Presiding  Bishop  may  appoint  some  other  place.  •" 

[3.]  The  Deputies  elected  to  the  preceding  General  Conn-  s^me ucpunef. 
cil  shall  be  the  Deputies  at  such  Special  Council,  unless  in 
those  cases  in  which  other  Deputies  shall  have  been  chosen 
in  the  meantime  by  any  of  the  Diocesan  Councils,  and  then 
such  other  Deputies  shall  represent  in  the  Special  Council 
the  Church  of  the  Diocese  in  which  they  have  been  chosen. 

§  2.  [1.]  The  journals,  files,   papers,  reports   and    other      J>gieir&r.    . 
documents,  which,  under  Canon  V.  of  Title  XL,  entitled  Of  ' 
Securing  an  Adcuraic  View  of  the  State  of  the  Church,  or  in  any 
other  manner,  shall  become  the  property  of  either  ITouse. 
of  the  General  Council  of  this  Church,  shall  be  committed 
td  the  keeping  of  a  Presbyter  to  be  elected  by  the  Ilouee 
•of  Deputies,  upon  nomination  of  the  House  of  Bishops,  who 
shall  be  known  as  the  Registrar  of  the  General  Council. 

[2.]  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Registrar  to  procure     ],,((.„.„ 
all  such  Journals,  iilcs,- papers,  reports  and  other  documents 


rrfftlce  In  Diocesan 

C0UDClll<. 


f 

5G    *  TiTLio  iv.-oF  TJI^:  organized  bodies  and  officers. 

Canon  I.       HOW  ill  cxistpiicc  ;  to  arrange,  label,  file,  index  and  othcv- 

"-^-^'T'^     wise  put  ill  order,  and  provide  for  the  safe  keeping  of  -the 

.  sara6,  and  all  such  others  as  may  hereafter  come  into  his 

possession,  in  fire-proof  box  or  boxes,  in  some  safe  and 

,^  accessible  })lacc  of  deposit,  and  to  hold  the  same  under  such 

regulations  and  rcstrictioiiij  as  the   (jcneral  Ooi^icil  n^ay 

from  time  \o  time  provide. 

^^Jj^tcsr^  of  COM-   ,  [3,]  It  shall'  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Kegistrar  to' procure 

a  proper  book  of  record,  and  to  enter  therein  a  record  of 

.    the  consecrations  of  all  the  Bishops  of  this  Clnn-ch,  desig- 

.  nating  accurately  the  time  and  place  of  the  sanu-,  with  the 

irames  of  the  coiisecmting*  Bishops,  and  of  others' present 

and  assitsting;  tA  h^ve  the  same  authenticated  in  thefullest 

manner  i)racticable  :  jHid  to  take  care  for  the  similar  recorjl 

■;uid  afithontioation  of  all  future  cotisccrationsin  this  Church. 

Kvi.cmt.-.  [-i.]  The  cxpcusci  lucccssRry  for ihcpurposcs  contemplated 

Ijy  this  section  shall  be  pmyidcd  for  by  votp  of- the  General 

■*         (Joync-il,  ^iid'deij-ajjp.cl  by  tliC  fl'rcasnrcr  of  the  same., 

'  §.3.  The  Secretary  of 'the  lToiL'?e  of  Deputies,  .whenever 
any  alteration  of  tlic  Oonstitntron  is  proposed,  or  any  other 
'subject  sublnitted  to  the  consideration  of  tlip,  several 
Diocesan*  Coiincll,'?,  shall  give  a  particular  notice  thereof 
to'  the  Ecclesiastical  Autboritv  of  this  Clinrcli  in.erery 
'   .  ,       •Diocese.  '        ^'  "  . 

Jcs*:?'*'"  ''''  *  ^  '^'  ^^  P^^'O'  triennial  ^mcctii\g  of  the-  ( Iqiicral  Council, 
a  Treai^nref'  shall  lie  cliosen  1n*  the  Rouse  of  ])eputics  and 
conlinnod  In*  the  ILousc  (if  Bislio^u^,  \vlio  slialT  remain  in 
olHcc  iiptil  tiie  next  stated  Council,  and  uutiba  successor  be 
appointed.  •  It  shall  1je  liis  duty  to  receive  and  disburse  all 

•  m6nays  collected  under  the  authority  of  the  Council,  and 
of  Avli,ieji  the  Collection  and  disbursejiicut  shall  not  other- 
wise be  regulated;  and  to  invest,  from  time  to  time,  for  the 
benefit  of  the  Council,  such  surplus  fnnds  as-lie  maj'  have 
on  hand.  His  account  ?hall  be  rendered  irtennially  to  the 
Council,  and  shall  bo  examined  by  -a  Committee  acting 

..c:ii,.y.iiow  10. under  its  authority.     T)i   case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  office  of 

ic  micd.  ^    .   Treasurer,  it  shall  be  supplied  by  iin  app6iiitme;if  to  be  made 

by  the  i^cclesiastical  Authority  o*f  the  Diocese  to  which  ho 

belonged;  and4:hc  pci-son  so  appointed  shall  continue*to  ^ct 

until  an  appointment  be  made  by  the  Council. 

'^ci^fcouncu.""  ■  §  5.  lu-ordcrthat  the  contingent  expenses  of  die  Ooncral 
Council  may  be  defrayed,  the  Several  Diocesan  Councils 

•  shall  forward  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  General  Council,  at 
or  before  ajiy  meeting  thereof,  ^ivc^dollars  for  each  Clergy- 
man within  such  Diocese. 


Tl'ir.!-:  IW  OFTuE  OKCAXIZKI)  UoDIKS  and  (il-l'KRlIS.  .  -,7 

C^AXOX  II..  ^'^ 

OF  STANDINC  COMMITTEF.^.  • 

•   i^  1.  In  Gvciy  Diocese  there  .^liall  be  a  Standing'.  Commit- »     i.niios. 
tee,  to  be  appointed  In'  the  Council  tTicrcof,  whose  duties, 
except  so  far  as  provided  for  by  the  Canons  of  the  General. 
Council*  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Canons  of  tlie  respcctivw      .       , 
Dioceses.     They  shall  elect  from  liieir  own  bodya  Presi-      u'li,-,-. 
dent    an?l    a   Secretary.      They  pnay   meet  on   their   (Hvji 
adjournment  from  time  to  tiyie;  and  the  President  shall 
.have  power  to  summon  special  meetings  whenever  he  «:hall 
deem  it  necessary. 

§  2.  \n  every  Dioccsc  where  theiif  is  a  Bishop,  the  Stand-     <■.  luii.f  .m- 
ing-  Committee  shall  be  a  Council  of  Advice  to  the  ilisliop. 
They  shall  be  summoned  on  the  requisition  of  the  Bishop, 
whenever  he  sliall  wish  for  their  advice.     And  they  may 
meet  of  their  own  accord,  and  agreeably  to  their  own  rnlos.  • 
when  tliey  may  be  disposed  to  advice  the  Pisho]!. 


(AXON    ILL 

nF  C'()M;KK(iATl()NS  AM'  i'AlMSUKS. 

No  rongregution  within  one  Diocese  Hhall  unite  itself  with     ^o  umou  ^vit 
any  other  Diocese,  and  every  congregation  of  tliis  Cliurch  i',^!;''^.''"''"^"' 
shall  belong  to  the  Diocese  within   winch   their. Church 
hnildinii-  i^  located. 


l-MTl^li]  "V 


M  1S( 'j'JJ.ANKOUS   IMIO VISIONS. 


«      • 


(•'AXOX   1. 


( ) F-,1  i EPE A].E [;    c; A X 0 N ri. 


!»j!cpeaiofre{;eiii     AVlienevci'  tliGre  slidl!  be  Ji  rcpealiDg  clause  in  imy  Ciuion, 
.o  icena.  .  *«!*  rj^^j  ^|^q  gpj^-|  q^^iqu  sliail  bc  rcpcalcfl,  sucb  repeal  shall  not 
■  be  a  rc-cnaetinciit  of  the  (^aV.on  or  (■anons  re})calcfl  by  tlic 
..-aid  repca!iii!i- 'f];i^n:^('. 


C'AX{>X   11. 


Form  of    alter- 
ing Canoiia.- 


(.'AN()X>. 


XI)  f.?sA(;t>.!j'::\T!)E 


•  ill  all  cases. oi'  i'utiuv  eiiactnicut,  the  same,  if  by  way  of 
amcudmciit  of  an  existing  provision,,  shall  be  in  the  follow- 
ing form  :  ''  Canon (or  Section of  Canon -,  or 

Clause 7  of  Section :  of  .Canon )  of  Title , 

is  hereby- unipndcd  so  as  to  read  as  follows:"  And  if  the 
enactment  is  of  an  additional  Clause,  Section  or  Canon,  it 
shall  be  designated,  as  t]ii'  next  Canon,  or  next  Section,  or 
next  Clause,  of  a  Canon,  or  Section,  in  the  order  of  uum-- 
bering,  ,of  the  Title  to  \vhicl,i  the  subject  properly  ])elongs  ; 
and  if  a  Canon  or  Sectio!i.  or  Clause  ])c  strickeij  out,  thy 
existing  numbering  shaii  1)0  "retained,  until  a  new  edition 
of  the  Canons  bc  directed..         *       ' 


KKrL.\4|^^.\Mi:NDME:\I  AM)  j!S-A(;T.^i^NT  OF  ('AXONS.  :,[) 

..     •      ■ 

.  The  Commfttcc  on  Cauous  of  each  House  of  the  General     <.„„«  ji.  . 
« 'ouiicil  Efhall,  af  the  ck)SO  of  each  Session,  aj)p6iift  ^wo-  o^"     ^^'^^'^ —  « 
their  number  to  oertify  the  changes,  if  any,  rinade  in  tlie*ccrtiii'J""byu°f.n.', 
Canons,  and  to  report  tlio  same,  witli  the  proper  arrangc- 
^nent  thereof,  to  the  Seoretarv.  who  ^hall  print  the  sarnc    * 

ni    tTlo  .Tni^rn;il.  «  '       ■  .      •  • 


# 


I  isr  r>  ji]  x 


'THE  .PRT>.Tr;TT>AT.  ]V!:ATrEKS 


AYES  AND  NOES.  ■ 

House  of  Dkputies.— Un  aiiiond;*ieiit  *  of  Art,  X.  of  thy  Con- 
stitution, 83— On  aufcuduKuit  of  Art.  V-of  thb  Con.stjtntiou,  89. 

lIoTSE  OF  BisHqrs.— On  amendment  of  p.}  §.2.  of  Cunou  IX.  cf 
Title  HI.,  172..~On  introduoticii  df  New'Cauuii,  On  vss  of  the 
Book  of  C«vtraon  Prayer,  180." 

AilivAiJSAS,  f)10CEyE  0'i\ 

•HorsE  OF  DEvuTiEft.— Evidence  of  orj^iinization.  presented,  and 
referred  to  Committee  on  New  Dioceses,  $6— Iloport  and  Keso 
IntioH  87 — Election  of  BishonLay  ratilifed,  ll-'l. 
Hoi;sE  OF  Biraiopd.— Kesolntipn  of  Dei)iitie«  referred  to  Connuit- 
tee,  IfiO— Documents  referretl,  Kil -Kc'iiort  and  Hesolution, 
101 — Concurred  witli  Dei»uties,  IGl—Ele'clion  «if  l>i.slK)u  i/iv 
ratifiod,  101.  .  / 

HIHLE,  STANDAllD  EDITION. 

House"  of  Deputies. — Keport  of  Committee,  Gi. 
House  of  Bishops. — Ilesolutiim  to  i)r6vidc  Standard  Editfon,  !•>_• 
— Resolution  of  Committee,  ine:q)edient,  H\i). 

•ON  THE- STATE  OF  THE  CHURCH. 

Appointed,  10— Report  of,  99— Ordered  sent  In  House  of  .Bisjj 
ops,  103— Read  in  House  of  Bishops,  171'. 

ON  CANONS.       ■  •  "  • 

Appointed,  IG — (Seo  under  "Omions  imssed.' 
ON  THE  BIBLE  AND  PRAYER  liOOK. 
.  •  Appointed,  IG — Report  and  Resolutions,  'M. 

ON  MISSIONS.     .. 

Appointed,  IG— Report,  S5— Laid  on  table,  89— Taken  up,"  109 
— Leave  granted   to'  withdraw  Report,  111— AniQ/ided    Re- 
jiort,  11! — 'Resolution^  amended  and  ad^])ted.  115. 
34 


ii.  JOIJIINAL  OF  THE  GENEKAL  COUl^CIL.  [IS&l. 

ON  NE^V  DIOCESES. 

Appointed,  IC-^Paper.s  of  Arkansas  iTforrod.  sr,— Report  and 
Kesolutioa,  87. "  ' 

ON  THE  CONSECRATrON  OF  BlsilOPS:  . 
Appointed.  T'. 

ON  EXPENSES. 

Appointed,  1.0 — Report,  10'.)— Report 'on  travelling  exj)enses 
of  Clerical  Deputies.  118. 

<-)N  ICLECTIONS. 

Afpointcd,  lij — Report,  104-. 

ST^A.IS^I^I3^Ta-  COlSylllVCITTBES     OF.TI^E 
HOTJSE    O^    BISHOP'S. 

ON  AMENDMENTS  OF  THE  CONSTITUTION. 
Appointed,  127. 

on' CANONS. 

Appointed,  J 27 — Eidargcd,  127 — Instructed  to  inquire  into  cx- 
])edicucy  of  introducing^  a  Cr.nou  on  Lay  Discipline,  148. 

ON  DOMESTIC  MISSIONS.  •  '■■  • 

-  Appointed,  127. 

ON  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 

Appointed,  127. 
ON  T^\TiNISIIED  BUSINESS.  ;   • 

Appointed,  127 — Report,  ]:12 — Resokition  adopted,  10.". 

ON"  THE  PRAYER  BOOK. 

,\ppointed,  127 — Enlarged,  127 — Resolutions  of  BisLop  Atkin- 
son-referred,  127 — Title  of  Committee  clianired,  1.02 — Report/ 
and  Resolutions,.159. 

COI^3VriTTSE*  TO   SIT    lDTJI^I3SrC3- 
I^EOESS- 
( >X  REVISION  OF  THE  PRAYER  BOOK. 

House  of  DEPriiES. — Appointed,  117. 
House  of  Bishops. — Appointed,  ISO. 

•COM^riTTEE  OF   CONFERENCE. 

On  Canon  I.,  Title  II.,  108 — Report  non  a.c-ro'einent,  11::. 
House  of  BisHOPS.rrAppointed,  174." 

JOINT  COMMITTEES. 

On  Joint,  Rules  or  Order,  lO^Report,  28— House   of  Bishop?, 
127 — Report,   131 — On  Message  No.  20,  and  Resolutions  of 
Committee  on  Bible  and  Prayer  Book,  lii.'^-^Repoft.  116. 
HoL'SE  OF  Bishops. — 18o. 

COMMITTEES. 

House  of  Deputies. — To  inform  House  of  Bishops  oforganiza- 
^     tioiK  14 — To  report  Rules  of  Order.  1 1— Report,  Ifi— On  admit- 


1.SG2.J  1N"I)EX  TO  TJIE  .ritJ.NxaPAL  :yLU'TERS.  iii. 

-'uui  of  inoiiibi'i's  oT  Prlnian''  Coiivoiition,  I-l— ]l».'poi'V.  lo— Uf- 
committed,  18— Amended  Jleport,  11) — To  arrange  for  reception 
nf  Uouse  of  Bishops,  118— Report,  119 — To  inform  IToiu^e  oT 
liishops  that  Deputies  nre  ready  to  adjourn,  122. 

lIorsE  OF  Bisriors. — To  inform  House   of  Deputies   of  orgau'iza- 
•lion,  l'2(i— To  prepare  Resohitions  ou^death  of  liight  licv.  "Wil- 
liam Meade,   I).!)..   V20 — l^eport,  128 — To  })rei)are   ReJobition* 
nil  deatli  of  Right  Rev.  X.  H.  Cobbs,  D.D.,  i:J2— Report,  J-4T— 
()n  admission   of  Arlcansas.   Irtl — To  prepare   Pastoral   J-etter, 

\  TIT1.1-:  1. 

C'ANOX'  1.  (J/  the  L\-c/r.t:ti/stlcal  Authority.  House  of-  Depulios, 
lU'ported,  20 — Amended.  ^'^> — Adopted, -24 — House  "if  Rislioi's. 
submitted.  12'.)— AdoptetT,  1:32.  . 

r.WOX  II.  t)f  t/ieAdiilrKfiloilo/  l'c):t(ni.-<i/.s  Ca inluhiUx  hu  Jjfd - 
Mils'  Orders.  House  of  Deputies — Reported,  20 — Amended  and 
Adopted,  24— Uouse  nf  P>ishop.s— Submitted,  irtn—Adopted. 
1:^2. 

(."AXON  "IW.  Oj'iuhnlllal  ('(iiu/idiilei^  j'or  iJcucoiLi  Ordcrn.  IJoUbt- 
of  Deputies — Pveported,  21 — Amended,  20,  37 — Adopted,  .'38 — 
Amendments  of  House  of  Bishops,  4*'. — Concurred,  4(> — Houi't.' 
(if  P)isIiop-^ — Submitted,  105 — ^.\mcnded  and  Adopted.  lOil. 

CANOX  1\'.  ,0'cnchtl  Fxovi><ions  caul  JiCfjuisitcs  yor  Ordination. 
House  of  Deputies — PiCported, .  30 — Adopted,'  42 — House  of 
Bishops — Submitted,  lOO — Ado])ted,  1.'37.'     • 

CAXOX  V.  Keamlnrdioiis  rind  Tcstimoniitl.-<  far  Dfuconx"  Ordir* 
iind  Ordination.     House  of  Deputies — Reported,  31 — Amended 

'  :iud  Adopted,  43 — Amendments  of  House  of  Bishops,  54 — Con- 
(  urred,  55 — House  of  P>is!iop-- — Submitted.  137 — Amended  and 
Adopted,  130. 

rAXOX-VI.  Oj'  JJoinina.  "House  of  Deputies— Ri-portcd,  32— . 
.\d6pted,  45 — HoU'^e  (if  Bishops — Submitted,  13'.)— -Adopted. 
130.- 

C'-VXOX  ^'11.  (h-djnation  to  the  Priisthood.  House  of  Deputies. 
Reivirted,  33  -AdoptCfl,  4(1 — Amendment  of  House  of  Bishops. 
5! — ■Concurred,  55 — House  of  Bishops  —  Submitted.  140 — 
.\mendcd  and  Adoiited,  141.  , 

C.\iNON  Vin.  Of  the  Admission  <>/  Miifiittr,^  Ordained  iti  JJish- 
' /IS  mit  in.  Coinminiioiticith  this  Chvrch:  House  of  Dejinties — 
Re]i'orted,  34 — Adopted,  48 — Hou<^o  of  Bishops— Submitted. 
142  -Adopted,  142.        „  •         * 

C^AXOX  IX.  (If  Mini-itcrs  Ordained  in  Farci<jn  Count rics  by 
JHnhojis  in  C'vnmnnion:  icith  this  Church.  ]Iousc  of  Dei)Hties — 
Reported,  35 — Adopted,  ■^\) — Hou?e  of  BishojSs— Submitted,  142 
— 4<^optcd,  143.     ■ 

TITLE  I.    Of   Candidatrxhiji  and  Ordinalionf:     Adopted,  P.I,  1-13. 


r()UKNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.  [1802. 


TITLE  li. 

• 

CANON*  I.  The  CoitAent  necessary  for  Offidutiiiff.  .House  of  Depu- 
ties— Keiiorted,    CD — Adopted,   i30 — Ainendincnt   of   House   oi' 

•    l>isliops,  72 — Non-cohcnrreuce,  V2 — Insiatod  on, -and  confetx-nce 
requested,  103 — Conference  granted,  107 — Conmyttec  appoiiited, 
lOK — House  of  lli^iliops — Subinitted,  144 — Amended  and    adop- ■ 
fed,    144 — Non-concurrence   of   Deputies,  JoO-^Committec   of 
Conference,    175 — Report,   non-agreenient,    180 — Adoption    n^*. 
amended  rescinded,  and  adopted  as  submitted,  ISu. 

C'ANON  11.  Gentral  Htg illations  of  Ministers.  House  of  Dbpn- 
tics — Reported,  39 — Amended  and  ad(>i)ted,»5Q,— llouijC  of  Bish- 
ojis — submitted,  144 — Adopted,  147.'      '     • 

CV\NON  III.   Of  JJiihojjHi     House   of  Deputies— Reported,   r.5— 

\dopted,    05 — Amendments,  of  House   of  Bishops,    110 — Con- 

ci'rred,    113— 'House   of  Bisliops — Submitted,    148 — Amended, 

io;5^Vdoiited,  154 — Rescinded,  101 — Additicyial   amendnionis, 

♦  ir.2~Adopted,  102.  ,  _ 

CANON  IV.   Of  a  List  of  the  Ministers' of  thiis    Church.     House 
.  of  Deputies— Reported,  00— AdoptciJ,  70— House  of  'liishops— 
Submitted,  154 — Adoj)ted,  15(i. 

C.VNON  V.  Of  the  Mode  of  Sccuriny  lUi  Accurate  View  of  the 
ytiiteoftlia  Church.  House  of  Deputies — Reported,  29— Adop- 
;.,.,1,  r,C> — Amendments  of  House  of  Bishops,  45 — Concurred,  4(> 

Hiiiiso  of  Di.-liops— Submitted.,   ]"o— .\meudcd   .-.nd  adopted, 


r'vNON  VI.  (^f  the  Mode  (f  ri.ildmhin'j  Aaihorujcd  hdriionx  ,»,/ 
the  St-nndurd  Bible  of  this  Chvrch:  House  of  I)q)Utiesr-Iu.'- 
l>ort('d,  01 — Adojtted,  71— House  of  Bislwips— fMinn.itted,  155—^ 
A(b)i)tcd,  15f>. 

CANON  VII.  Of  riibliiJiiug  Editions  of  i lie  Book  Of  Common. 
Prayer.  IIouhu.  of  Deputies — Reported,  01 — Adopted,  71  — 
House  of  IVisbops—Submitt^d,  155— Adopted,  IDG. 

CANON  VIII.  OJ  Parochial  Instruction.  "House rtf  Deputies— 
Reported,  01 — Adopted,  71— House  of  iJishops— Subniitted, 
1^0— Adol^ted,  150.     .  •        .    .         '  • 

i  ITI.E  II.  General  Pcg'^tfr- ' '  •' "  -f  Ministers'and  , their  Duties. 
Adopted,  72,  ISl.      .  •  .  ^ 

TlTL:i 

JA^A^N  1.  C>y  A)7icna]j'.iUj  ',.  ,.  .,^,  .....,.^..^  . ,  ..  ..'u.  .'^jii.'ii.s'tr  irn-y 
Jm  Tried  and  Piiriishe<L  House  of  Dfeputie* — Reported,  61  — 
Adopted,  73 — Section  4  amended,  103 — House  of  liishops — Sub- 
i:ntted',  156 — Adp]>ted,  loD — A.mcudnieiit  of  Seci?on4,  concurred 
in,  174.  ♦ 

CANON  if.  Trial  of  PrcfdnjUrs  and  Deacons  vndtr  Missionary 
Jurisdiction.  House  of  Depfities— ^Reported,  62-jAdopted,  73 
— House  of  Bisliops — Submitted,  157 — Ado])ted,  159. 


iG2.i  INDEX  TO  THE  rKINOIi'AL  MATTEK.S.  -v. 

(JAjNON  III.  Of  a  Glerfjyman.  in  one  Ijioccse  or  Missioiiari/  iJis- 
irict  ch'nrgealilc  tcith  Mudcmcanr>r  in  another.  House  of  ♦Depu- 
ties— Ptcported,  G'3 — Adopted  1i — House  of  I>islippp — Submit- 
ted, 15S— Ado])ted,  150: 

CANON  IV.  Of  Seiumciatio li,  of  thcMbmiry.  House  of  depu- 
ties—Reported,  0:] — Adopted,  Vo — Amendment  of  House  of 
IJisliops,  8S-r-Cononrred,  09 — House*  of  liisliops — Submitted,, 
J 58 — Amended  and  adopted,  15'J. 

Cj\NON  V:  Of  the  Ahandonmcnt  of  ike  Con<i:innicn  of  , thin 
Church  hy  a  Preslyter  or  Deacon.  House  f)f.  I^eputies — Jic- 
jiorted,  76 — Adopted,  .SO — House  of  Bisliops — Submitted  and 
;i.l.(>pted,  163. 

(WNOX  VI.   Of  ((■  CTcrfiyman   ahsenii/rr/   l^imsdf  frdin   his   iJio- 
ccHC.     House  of  Deputies — liei)or!,Gd,  V7 — Adopted,  1*0 — Iloii^e  ' 
(*i  l>isliops — Submitted,  l(i3— Adopted,  16'1-.^ 

■'ANON  VII.  Of  the  Abandonment  of  the  Comnmnion  of  the 
Churcfi  ly  «■  Bishop.  House  of  Deputies — Reported,  77 — 
Adopted,  00 — Amendment  of  House  of  ]^ii*liops,  111 — Concnr- 
rod,  113 — IIou^c  of  Bisliops — Subniitt-ed,  104 — Amended  and 
iidopted,  164.  • 

C,\NON  VIII.  Of  the  Trialof.a  Bisitop.  .House  of  Deputies—^ 
lleported,  78— Adopted,  01-^IIousoof  Bishops — Submitted,  105- 
.\d()i)ted,  171."  .     .  •  '        _    • 

CANON  IX.    Of  ScnCcnces.  House  of  Deputies— ricportod,' Si- 
Amended,   07 — Ad(")pted,    OS — Amendments  of  House  of  Bisli-  ^ 
ops.  112 — Goncurrcd,  113 — House  of  Bislioi).s— Submitted   and' 
nmendc!?!,  171 — Adopted,  172. 

(l.\NON  X.  Of  the  Bemission  or  Afodifculion-  of  Judicial  Senicv- 
ra;  on  BisJiops.  .House  of  Dejuitics- Reported,  8-1 — A*d(>i)ted, 
08~^ouso  of  IVisIiops—Submitted,  172— Adopted,  173. 

OANON  XT:  BcrjiUations  Respecting  the  Laity.  ^  IFouse  of  Deim- 
t.ies — Reported,  So — Adopted,  09 — Amended,  115 — House  of 
i>islu)ps— Siibmitted  and  adopted,  173 — An;endment  concurred 
in,  182. 

'nixAZ  Wi.   Of  DlicipUne.     Adopted,  1S2. 

TITLE  IV. 

O.VNON    I.     Of ■  the    General    Council.      House    of    Dopnlios 
.\uiended,  104 — Ado])ted,  10-5 — Afncndment  of  Ho'use   of  IJisli- • 
<ip.S-112 — Concurred,   113 — IIohsc  of  Bishyps — Submitted,  175 
.\mended  and  ifidopted,  170. 

CANON  II.  ,0f  Stnndiing  Gommiticea.  , House  of  Deputies — 
Adpj>ted,  lOr. — House  of  Bisliops — Subihittcdand  adopted,  177. 

C.\NPN  III.   Of  CongregaiionH  i'.iul  Par'isJ^es.     Hou.«e  of  Depu- 
ties— Adopted,  106 — House  of  Bi.-^'lioiVs — Subfuitt^^d,  and   adoi)- 
.ied^  177.  *        •  .  ^-  • 

THl.E  IV.   Of  the  Organized  Bodier.  and  0[Kccr.-^  of  Jthe   Chvrch 
■   Adopted,  106,  lYS. 


vi".  .lOCIlNAL  OF  THE  .GENERAL  COU^'OIL.  j  IS02. 

♦ 

■IITLE   \'. 

.  (ANOX  J.    <Jr'Ji<j,tvl,ul  Conovs.     House    of  DepiiLies— Adnpu-d. 
I'tT — yons.c  of  IVisliops — Submitted  and  adopted,  17S. 

•  (AXOX  II.  Or'  tilt'  Ji'ijenl;  AmeiuJmcnt  and  Enactment  of  Oni- 
oil.". — House  of  Deputic-J — Adopted.  irv7 — Honsc  of  IJisliops — 
Submitted,  l7S-^Adoj»ted.  179. 

■|'1T[J-:  V.  y;»rf/!,f,„<,iif  I'r^rci.i;,,,,.-'.     Adopted,  lu7.  17'.'. 

(  n.NSTHUTroy,  :.. 

.\Tnendmeiit.  of  An.  \'U.  iir|)po?-e(K  O;)— Laid  on  Table,  .n7 — 
.\ni(jiuljnoiit  «»f  Arr.  X.  j'l'opo.'scd,  05 — Rejected,  8'.' — To  strike 
<»ut  Art.  v.,  0-"i-^AiiU'nd'.'il  :iiid  adoj)ted,  f^f> — roiUMitred  in  bv 
ITisliops.  1(>'2. 

(■((INCIL  (iENKi;Al..  ■ 

Jiosohilion  to  udiuurn.  Mi—  .Vuieiideil.  >:'7 — Next  .MceLiii_'.  Jol. 
122,  187. 

IT.Ll.AltATjOX  AND  SI  M.MOXS,  :.. 

DLPUTIES  ATTEXDLXC  FIRST  l).^,  Li. 

DEPUTIES  ATTENDINC;  DriMXC;  SESSION.  L".,  1'.',  20.  ;i'.t,  .V!,  loi. 

DICEST  OE  CANONS. 
'Jo  ])rint,  1T7. 

DIOCESAN  EEPORTS— Al'l'ENDJX  D. 

.lOULNAL, 

To  p.riiU,  117. 

LETTERS  OF  CONSEC  ilATloN.  Appcudi.T  E. 

MISSIONS. 

lIoisK  oi-  J>Ki'i  uKs — Report  of  Treasurer  of  Forwicii.  27 — Repo/t 
of  Treasurer  of  Doinestie.  27 — pLCSohUionsof  Couiinittfc  amend- 
ed'and  ado]»ted,  115 — Non-eoiieurronoe  of  I{isboi)s,  12n— lieso- 
bitiitn?  r)f  House  f>f  IJisbops  eoneurred  in,  121. 
lloisK  or  Bishops — Non-ooiicur  in  Resolutions  of  Deputies.  IsT) 
— Resolutions  adojited.  ISo — ConiTnlttce  eloe4ed.  ]n7. 

I'ASTORAL  LETTER. 

Read,  122 — Ordi-r  to   prim,  12*; — Coiuiiiittcc  to  luvjiare.  174. 
I'RAYER  BOOK. 

HorsE  OF  DKi-UTiEi? — Resolutions  of  Coniiiiittee,  (il — Amended, 
7i;  — Resolution'^  of  House  of  Bi-sliO])?  fommnnieated,  8!i— Re- 
I'erred  t.i.loint  Committee,  108— Report  and  Resolution^.  110  — 
Adojited.  117  — Committee  during  Recess.  117. 
lloijEoF  Bisjfors—Resolntionsof  Bishop  Atkinson  referred,  127^ 
Report  of  Committee,  LjO— Joint  Committee,  appointed,  ISO- 
Report  and  Resolution^.  182. 

PRESIDENT. 

Election  of.  L!— Addre*s.  LJ— C-uiieludiii;:  Address,  ]  1  7. 

j:i:«ustrar. 

Eloction  of.  ILl— Nomination  of,  179. 


iMi-'.]  l\]>j:x  to  Tin-:  imuxcipai,  NfATiKiis.  .  vii. 

i:i:<oLr  ri(.)xs. 

IForSF.    OF    1>KI'I  Tir.5.  ,    • 

* 

To  antlior'r/ePi'cs'ulciit  t(j;ip[)Ouit Staadlii.::;  Coiaiiiittoe:^.  14. 
,     To  admit  members  of  Primary  Convention,  14. 
To  admit  Clerg3-men«.^-c.,  to  sittings  of  Conncil,  1-t. 
()['  Committee  to  admit  to  seats,  mcmbcrs^f  Primary   Coiiven- 

.tion,  15,  11'. 
(Jndeatii  of  tlie  P.islitP.cv.  William  Meade,  D.l).,  '2-2. 
<  )n  ('Icath  of  the  Pigli!  P.ov.  X.  11.  Cobl.s,  J).T)..  :;i;. 
Oil  Kecc?s,  42. 

'i'o  amend  Art.  \U.  of 'Constitution,  '>■'>. 
To  amend  A'rt.  X.  of  Co.nstitntion,  (hk 
To  strike  <iut  Art.  V,,  (15. 
Of  Committee  on  Bible  and  Prayer  l>ook,  lU. 
Admitting  Diocese  of  Arkansas  into  Union,  87. 
•    Calling  attention  of  Diocesan  Clonnoils  to]»roposcd  a:mMidmont> 

of  the  Constitution,  8-7. 
To  hold  ncxtConneil  at  Kiintsvillie,  Ala.,  104,  174. 
Of  regret  at  absence  of  delegates  from    Florida,   Louisiana  and 
Tennessee,  11(\ 

Of  thanks  to  Pieetors  and  Congregations  of  Augusta,  1 1:;. 
Ratifying  election  of  ]Usho]>  Lay  to  Arkansas,  il:!. 
.   Of  ConnniUee  on  Missions,  114. 
To  instrnct  Committee  on  Expenses  to  inquire  moilo   of  nrovi<l- 

ing  for  exjjensesof  Clerical  De[iuties,  n."i. 
Of  Joint  Committee  on  Prayer  Book,  •lli;. 
Of  thanks  to  IVesident  and  Secretary,  117. 
To  print  Journal,  Constitution  and  Digest  of  the  Canons,  117. 
To  authorize  Secretary  to  draw  on  Treasurer  for  incidental  ov- 

penses,  118. 
i>  To  print  proposed  alterations  in  Prayer  Book,  118,  IS*;. 

Concurring  in  Kesolution   of  House  of  Bishops,  providiuir   foi- 

admission  of  Teimessee,  Louisiana  and  Florida,  120. 
To  send  copies  of  Journal  t(»Vestrv   of  St.  I'anVs  Church    'Au- 
gusta, 120.  ■        ■  '  * 
Concurring  in  Besohitions  on  Missions,  121. 
Uescinding  appointment   of  Huntsville,   Ala.,   aiAl    appointing 

Mobile,  Ala.,  .hs  place  of  meeting  of  next  Ceneral  Council 

122,  187.  ~    . 

Concurring  in    provision   to   ill!    vaoiticies    in   Committers  on 

Prayer  Book  and  Missions.  122. 
To  adjourn,  12;;.  , 

House  of  Bishops. 

To  .appoint  Committee  to  report  Pesolution  ondeatL  of  fjfsliop 

Meade,  120. 
To  set  forth  edition  of  Prayer  P.nok.  and  i)repare  Prol'ftce  to  ^atd 

Book,  127. 
On  death  of  Bishop  Meade,  12ti. 
On  ada]>tion  of  Joint  Pules  of  Order,  l.'{2. 
To  change  title  of  Committee  on  Prarer  P.ook,  1;!2. 
To  provide  for  Stiindard  Bible,  lu2. 
'J"o  appoint  Committee  to  report  Pesolntioii  on  dsatli  i.j'   iJishon 

Cobbs.  1  :?.2.  ■ 


viii.  JOURNAL  OF  TIJE  GENERAL  COUNCIL.  rLSG2. 

Of  Coiuinittee  on  Unfiiiislied  Businesi^,  133. 

Of  Committee,  on  death  of  Bishop  Cobbs,  147. 

Of  expediency  of  a  Canon  ori  Lay  Discipline,  14-S. 

Of 'Committee  on  Bible  and  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  lo'.i. 

'i'o  refer  Message  No.  23  of  Deputies,  admitting   Arkanais,   to 

special  Committee,  100.   • 
Concurring  fii  admission  of  Arkansas,  IGl. 
Ratifying  election  of  Bishop  Lay  to  Arkansas.  161.   • 
Concurriu}:^  in  amendment  of  Artr.  V.   of  tlic  Constitution,   102. 
To  prepare  Pastoral  Letter.  174. 
To  ai>point  Committee  of  Coufcyence  on  Canon    L  of  Title  IL, 

175. 
To  appoint  Joint  Committee  on  Bible  and  Prayer  Book,,  160. 
To   print    in   Appendix,    Report    of  Missionary  Bishop  of  tlie 

South-west,  180. 
To  insert  in  Appendix,  Record  of  .llie  coasocratioii  of  the  Right 

Rev.  Richard  II.  Wilmer,  D.D.,  ISO.     _  '        "       ' 

To  publish  edition  of  the  Canons,  1S3.     '  • 
Concurring  in  publication  of  the  Journal,  181. 
To  i)rovido  for  admission   of  Tennessee,  Loui.'iana,  and  Florida, 

184. 
On  Missions,  185.  •  .  '        . 

To  send  Journal  to  Bishops  and   Se(iretarie.\  of  TiOuisiana,  Ten- 
nessee and  Florida,  1 87. 
•    Of  thanks,  187. 

To  fdl  vttc.nncies^n  CommiLL  .•c.-o;i  ilevision  of  the  Prayer  P.ook, 

and  on  Missions,  187. 

RULES  OF  ORriER. 

lIorsE  OF  Deputies. 

Reported,  IG-Adopted,  18,  2:i  -Addition:i!  rule,  53. 
JOINT  RULES  OF  ORDER. 

Re-ported,  28,  131— Adoj^tcd.  42,  132. 

SECRETARY. 

ITotTSE  OF  Dept'ties. 

Eleclion  of,  14— Order  of,  adopted,  TOO. 
llorsE  vv  Bishops. 
Election  of,  ]20.' 

TREASURER.. 

-Election  of,  113-Conlinned-.  ISl. 


A  P  P  E  N  U  I  X 


A.  JOINT  liri.KS  OF  oliDKK t is«j 

B.  RULES  OF- ORDER- OF  THE  JIOl'Si:  OF  DEPUTIFS 189 

C.  REPORT  OF  UISIIOP  LA Y , ] :)  1 

D.  hlOCESAX  REPORTS. 

1.        Vii:cixiA I!i2 

I  r.       >>(»i;TirCA.i:<n.ixv 19.) 

I  If.     SoiTir  ('AUUI.IXA J'.M 

I  \' .     ( «  KOKCi  I  \ 1  '.••") 

\'.      Alabama 1 '.••"■» 

VI.  Mjssi^sin-i ];h; 

VIL    Ti:xAs |!'7 

E.  I.KTTiiRS  OF  C()XSl-:c'R.\TI<  )X. 

I .  lUshiq,  Meaile !  !tN 

II.  irixhop  Oteij ^ 10s 

III.  IlMop  Poll,- r.i'.' 

iV.       BhUp  Elliott ■•••  I'l'-' 

V.         Bishop  Johm « '-''•'» 

\'[.        Itinhop  Green .  '2<i(i 

VII.  lltKhop  niitl€ihj<- ,  ...  :2H|  i 

\'I]!.    I',ixliO]>  Iktris ' -iol 

1  X.        ]}i)<hnp  A ttifison , 2ti I 

X.  niiifiop  (irefi'i -it'-i 

X I .  Bixhop  Linj ■ -"•■' 

XI  [.      AW/O//  }yihn<'r -*•'-■ 

F.  LIST  OF  norSL  OF  msiioi's -l^r.V 

G.  LLST  OF  llOrsK  OF   DKl'l'TlKS .; , -Mu 

H.    OFFICERS  OF  Til K   GENERAL   COFXXII *•  ■ . .  '^'hT 

I.      ('(^MMITTEES  TO  SIT  DrillXC   RECFSS.'. . . . :2h.7 

K.     LIST  OF  TllF  CLEUGY '^'■~> 

L.     PASTORAL  LFTTER. 

M.    COXSTITFTIOX    AXI>   I.UCF.ST  OF  TllL  CANoXS. 


NOTICE  TO  DIOCESAN  COUNCILS. 


Tlio  atlontioii  ol'  lliu  >i.-vcral  l)i(irc>aii  C'<>uiu-il>  is  called  U>  tlie  l'(>ll()\v- 
\u-j:  i>roi)os(.'(l  aincmliiu'ut  to  tlie  CoiislilurKni',  (onnd  on  [lairf  su  df  tlio 
•loiinial  of  the  Ilou^e  of  Deputies: 

•' IiesolfCil,  ThelTonye  of  Bishops  cone uiTiii--.  lliat  Art.  \'.  of  llic  Con- 
stitiitiou  of  tlic  Clniroli  he  ainended  by  slrikinir  out  all  afler  llio  uord 
"Article  Y."  and  iiisertin--  tlio  folloAvinjx: 

"Every  Diocesan  Council  shall  he  coni[.osed  of  the  Bishop  or  Bish- 
"  ops  of  the  Diocese,  and  such  Lay-representation  as  shall  he  detenn- 
"  ined  hy  Ihe  ("onstilulion  iheix'of.'" 


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